| Other author/creator | Chenzira, Ayoka, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Gines, Denise, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Ayoka Chenzira |
| Portion of title |
Ayoka Chenzira |
| Abstract |
Art professor Ayoka Chenzira was born on November 8, 1953, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She studied film and photography at the College of New Rochelle in Westchester, New York. Chenzira received her M.A. degree in education from Columbia University and her B.F.A. degree in film production from New York University. She chaired the Department of Media and Communication Arts at the City College of New York, and co-created the City College of New York's first M.F.A. in media arts production graduate program. She was the first William and Camille Cosby Endowed Professor in the Arts at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, where she served as creator and director of the Digital Moving Image Salon. She also created and co-directed Oral Narratives and Digital Technology, a joint venture between Spelman College and the Durham Institute of Technology. In 2014, she and her daughter released HERadventure, an interactive film and fantasy game, in 2014. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer |
Denise Gines, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2006 December 10. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2006.156 HistoryMakers |
