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FILM

Ayana Morris with afro displaying images of black hairstyles

Hairvolution

2024

Experimental Film

Director

Hairvolution explores the multi-generation journey of hair and its cultural representation in black history. From its tribal connections that represented community and status to the most recent celebration of the art of black hair. Black women are now owning the mark they made on the beauty industry. The film uses an array of stimulating visuals and a poetic narration that tell this nuanced story.

Ayana Morris Newark Public Schools Film

NPS Cares

2023

Corporate Video

Assistant Director

An 11-part PSA series for Newark Public Schools.

Ayana Morris What We Want Film

What We Want

2020

Music Video

Director

Ayana Morris Scene of team working on purple gown in front of Newark Fashion Forward sign

Newark Fashion Forward

2024

Corporate Video

Assistant Director

Newark Fashion Forward is a fresh take on what it takes to produce content for a corporate client, Newark Public Schools. It is a fashion based competitive docu-series that takes 9 Fashion Academy students who must complete a series of design challenges to win the opportunity of a lifetime, an all expense paid summer intensive internship at Parson School of Design.

Ayana Morris Why Is We Americans Film

Why Is We Americans

2020

Documentary

Co-Director

WHY IS WE AMERICANS? is an in-depth, cinematic exploration of Newark’s legendary Baraka family, the patriarch of which being the one and only Amiri Baraka (formerly known as LeRoi Jones), one of the most prodigious African American poet/playwright/activists of our time. Spanning decades of social activism, poetry, music, art, and politics, this kaleidoscopic family saga is framed by on-camera interviews with Ms. Lauryn Hill and local civil rights leaders, rare archival footage and revealing personal testimonials. As we connect with the iconoclastic poet Amiri Baraka, his wife, Amina, and their son, Ras, a portrait of a city emerges with an inspiring call to arms in the fight for class and racial justice.

Ayana Morris Warrior Film

Warrior

2019

Experimental Film

Director

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