Filmmaker Alicia Dhanifu, who appears in director Jamaa Fanaka’s Emma Mae, constructs a rigorous and beautifully rendered history of belly dancing — its roots and history, forms and meanings. The filmmaker performs this art as well, alone and with other dancers. —Shannon Kelley
Production | Barbara McCullough | Production Manager |
Costume & Make-Up | Iola Kelly | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Kathy Jackson | Makeup Artist |
Visual Effects | Christine Shaw | Animation |
Camera | Paula Gibson | Still Photographer |
Crew | Ed Harker | Cinematography |
Camera | Jerry Welseman | Camera Operator |
Sound | Perry Lopez | Boom Operator |
Sound | Bill Foster | Boom Operator |
Camera | Imelda Richard Billings | Camera Operator |
Lighting | Dennis Brown | Gaffer |
Camera | All All | Grip |
Camera | Don Amis | Grip |
Camera | Nigel Dandridge Perry | Grip |
Camera | Ernest Dillhay | Grip |
Camera | Clarence Floyd Sr | Grip |
Camera | Ernest Floyd | Grip |
Camera | Reggie Jackson | Grip |
Camera | John Stone | Grip |
Directing | Alicia Dhanifu | Director |