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Alile Sharon Larkin

Overview

Alile Sharon Larkin is an artist-educator and award-winning independent film and video maker. Larkin was a public school teacher in Los Angeles for over 25 years. She taught at 32nd Street/USC Visual and Performing Arts Magnet School from 1993-2013. Her teaching experience ranges from pre-K to college and filmmaking is part of Larkin’s interdisciplinary curriculum. She has received 10 Video in the Classroom Awards for teacher-produced films, documenting students learning about textile arts, storytelling, yoga, jazz, women’s history, Kwanzaa and African-American dance.

Her film, Your Children Come Back To You (1979), presents a child’s perspective on wealth and social inequality, and has screened throughout U.S. and Europe. A Different Image (1982), about an African-American woman contemplating self-identity, heritage and perception, received critical praise and earned her first prize from the Black American Cinema Society, won Best Production of 1981 from the Black Filmmaker Foundation, and was named runner-up for best short film at FILMEX. The screenplay of A Different Image was published in Screenplays of the African American Experience (Indiana University Press, 1991).

Larkin’s critical essay, “Black Women Filmmakers Defining Ourselves,” appears in Female Spectators (Verso Editions, London). Larkin was honored to write the prologue for Charles Burnett: A Troublesome Filmmaker (Play-Doc Books, 2016). Her essay is titled: “Who Will Protect and Respect, Inspire and Nurture This Black Woman Filmmaker (For Charles and All the Brothers).”

Larkin's production company Dreadlocks and the Three Bears Productions creates Afrocentric and global multimedia and arts experiences for children and families. Larkin recently resumed shooting Tie-Dye after 26 years, with a multigenerational crew including her son and granddaughter. Tie-dye features black children celebrating everyday life through global black music genres. The music is available on iTunes. Larkin hopes to complete the DVD for release in 2017.

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Acting
2016 Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA Actor Herself N/A
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1989 Creating a Different Image: Portrait of Alile Sharon Larkin Actor N/A
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Directing
1991 Dreadlocks and the Three Big Bears Directing Director N/A
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1987 Miss Fluci Moses Directing Director N/A
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1982 A Different Image Directing Director N/A
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1979 Your Children Come Back to You Directing Director N/A
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1975 The Kitchen Directing Director 59
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Writing
1982 A Different Image Writing Writer N/A
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1979 Your Children Come Back to You Writing Writer N/A
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1975 The Kitchen Writing Writer 59
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Production
1979 Your Children Come Back to You Production Producer N/A
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1975 The Kitchen Production Producer 59
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Camera
1978 The Single Parent Family: Images in Black Camera Director of Photography 59
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Editing
1979 Your Children Come Back to You Editing Editor N/A
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1975 The Kitchen Editing Editor 59
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