Bellydancing: A History and an Art

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

Crew

Alicia Dhanifu

Director

Ed Harker

Cinematography

Jerry Welseman

Camera Operator

Imelda Richard Billings

Camera Operator

Iola Kelly

Costume Design

Christine Shaw

Animation

Kathy Jackson

Makeup Artist

Perry Lopez

Boom Operator

Bill Foster

Boom Operator

Paula Gibson

Still Photographer

All All

Grip

Don Amis

Grip

Nigel Dandridge Perry

Grip

Ernest Dillhay

Grip

Clarence Floyd Sr

Grip

Ernest Floyd

Grip

Reggie Jackson

Grip

John Stone

Grip

Dennis Brown

Gaffer

Barbara McCullough

Production Manager

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