O.Funmilayo Makarah

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Biography

O.Funmilayo Makarah is a writer and director of films and videos that explore cultural identity, as well as an educator. She came to Los Angeles in 1974 and entered the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. After spending a decade in Europe, she returned to the MFA program in the late-1980s. She later founded In VISIBLE COLORS, a network of film and video makers. In 1988, Makarah wrote and directed the short video DEFINE, a piece which examines ethnic female identity. She later made The Joke Series (1994), which was shown at the School of Art Institute in Chicago, and Creating a Differ…

L.A. in My Mind
L.A. in My Mind
2006 · Director
L.A. in My Mind
L.A. in My Mind
2006 · Writer
L.A. in My Mind
L.A. in My Mind
2006 · Editor
L.A. in My Mind
L.A. in My Mind
2006 · Producer
L.A. in My Mind
L.A. in My Mind
2006 · Cinematography
Fired-Up or How I Turned My Rage Into Art
Fired-Up or How I Turned My Rage Into Art
1992 · Director
Creating a Different Image: Portrait of Alile Sharon Larkin
Creating a Different Image: Portrait of Alile Sharon Larkin
1989 · Director
Diversity
1989 · Director
. . . Just Names . . . Just Names
1988 · Director
Define
Define
1988 · Director
Ritual for Third World Women Artists
1978 · Director
Survival: The Black African Theatre Project '77
1977 · Director
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