Melvonna Ballenger

Melvonna “Mel” Marie Ballenger (August 6, 1954 - June 25, 2003) [1] bụ onye ntụzi aka America, onye akwụkwọ na onye ode akwụkwọ obere ihe nkiri na-eme ihe nkiri, mara maka ihe aka na-egosi ihe nkiri.  LA nnupụisi .  Ọ nwụrụ mgbe ọ dị afọ 48 site na ọrịa kansa ara 

 Agụmakwụkwọ 
Ụlọ Balenger na St. Louis, Missouri.  Na 1972, fotora ya ka ọ gaa ogbako ụlọ akwụkwọ maka ndị nta mgbasa ozi pere mpe nke Mahadum Missouri School of Journalism akwụkwọ na Columbia, Missouri .  Ọ gara Stephens College maka ụmụ ,Ịdị na Columbia, Missouri, tupu ọ kpọọ na Mahadum Howard .  N'ebe ahụ, ọ akwụkwọ akwụkwọ mgbasa ozi, ọrụ ọrụ na WHUR-FM, wee akara ugo gub bachelor na amaghị.  Ọ kwagara Los Angeles ka ọ akwụkwọ akwụkwọ na Howard wee sonye na mmemme MFA nke UCLA na ihe nkiri na ihe ngosi ihe.

 Ọrụ 
Ihe nkiri mbụ Ballenger mere bụ Rain (Nyesha), nke ọ na-eduzi na 1978 n'oge ya na UCLA .  Ihe nkiri a, nke egwu egwu John Coltrane bụ "Mgbe mmiri ozuzo ifufe," na-egosi onye na-ede akwụkwọ nke na-enwewanye ike ike agha.  [1] Ọ natara aha ọkwa na Los Angeles's Black Talkies on Parade Festival na 1982.

Ihe nkiri Ballenger Nappy-Headed lady, nke e a na-akpọ aha ya bụ "Pigtail Blues", nke akwụkwọ akụkọ Star-Gazette kwuru dị ka " ekiri nke ojii nke na-agbanwe ntutu isi ya ka ọ na-amalite isi ihe nketa ngwaọrụ  ya".  [1] Ihe nkiri a na-eji nke vidiyo mbụ na ihe nkiri sitere na 1960 iji jide ike ikike mma nke Eurocentric na nwere nyocha ojii.

 Nkwenye 
John William kwuru Ballenger n'akpụ ya, "Ụmụ agụ nke mba ọzọ : A Filmography of sixty-five Black Women Independent Film- and Video-makers".  [1] Nwa akwụkwọ Ballenger na-arụ ọrụ na UCLA dị ka nke nnupụisi LA ụmụ ya aka ike dị ka onye na-eme ihe nkiri Africa America na-anya ma na-azụ

 Ihe nkiri 

 [[Rain (Nyesha)|Mmiri ozuzo'' ('Nyesha'')]] (1978, onye nduzi)   Gidget zutere Hondo (1980, edemede)
 Nwanyị Nappy-Head (1983, onye isi)
 Dreadlocks na agba atọ (1991, onye na-ese ihe nkiri)
 Isi ísì (1991, ụda igwekota)

 Ntụaka 

 Ọgụgụ ọzọ 

 Reid, Mark A. (ed.) African American Cinema: Site na ndụ ndị ojii . ISBN 978-0-8143-4550-4
 Field, Allyson Nadia et al. (eds.) LA nnupụisi: Ịmepụta ihe nkiri ojii ọhụrụ'' . ISBN 978-0-520-96043-5

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