Zeinabu irene Davis is an accomplished and influential director, producer and scholar within the field of African and African American Cinema. Her work expands across documentaries, narrative shorts, and experimental films. Concerned with the depiction of women of African descent, she passionately threads Black womanhood, folklore, and intimacy within her films.

Compensation (USA, 1999, 92 min)
A film about a young African American couple at the beginning and end of the twentieth century. Compensation uses silent cinema techniques to portray two inter-related love stories that offer a view of Black Deaf culture.

Body of Work with Zeinabu irene Davis: Compensation