Director: Aishah Shahidah Simmons

Cinematic activism at its finest, NO! breaks the silence for women and activists everywhere! Through testimonies from Black women survivors, archival footage, commentaries from acclaimed African American scholars and activists, NO! unveils the realities of rape and other forms of sexual violence in African American communities. Woven together with exquisite dramatisatons, powerful performance poetry and spirited music, NO! moves from rage, trauma, emotional and physical pain to meditation, dialogue, action and to healing.

USA/2006
Color/Digital Video/ 94 minutes/Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, & Portuguese
AfroLez® Productions, LLC - Production Company and Print Source
Women Make Movies, Inc. - Fiscal Sponsor
AfroLez® Productions, LLC - Distributor

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One out of three women in the United States will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime.

"If the Black community in the Americas and in the world would save itself, it must complete the work this film begins."
~Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

TEAM

Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Producer, Writer, Director
Tamara L. Xavier, Co-producer, Director of Choreography
Gail Lloyd, Co-producer, Contributing Editor
Joan Brannon, Co-writer, Director of Photography, Associate Producer
Sharon M. Mullally, Editor
Wadia L. Gardiner, Associate Producer, Production Manager, www.alongwalkhome.org
Amadee L. Braxton, Associate Producer, Archival Researcher
Giscard (JEE EYE ZEE) Xavier, Original Score
Monica Dillon, NO! Song Composer, www.monicadillon.com
Mishann Lau, Sound Editor, Re-recording Mixer, www.mishann.com
Kia Steave-Dickerson, Set Director
Scheherazade Tillet, Production Stills Photographern www.alongwalkhome.org
Traci McKindra, NO! Logo Design

SCHOLAR/ACTIVIST ADVISORS
Elsa Barkley Brown, Ph.D., Advisor
Kimberly D. Coleman, Ph.D., Advisor
Charlotte Pierce Baker, Ph.D., Advisor
Aaronette M. White, Ph.D., Advisor
Janelle L. White, Ph.D., Advisor

Michael Simmons, Creative Advisor
http://raday.blogs.com

Tina Morton, Post-Production Consultant

LEGAL SERVICES
Tonya Marie Evans, Esq.
www.tmelaw.net

FISCAL SPONSOR
Women Make Movies, 501[c] Non-Profit Fiscal Sponsor of NO!
www.wmm.com

CO-DISTRIBUTOR
California Newsreel
www.newsreel.org