Zeinabu irene Davis

Who is Zeinabu irene Davis?

Zeinabu irene Davis is an African-American filmmaker and professor of the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego. Her works in film include narrative, documentary and experimental film. Her husband and daughters inspire Davis's films, which are created to show alternative perspectives from the mainstream.

During her undergraduate career, Davis realized her passion for film-making through an internship experience at PBS in Rhode Island and her experience overseas. Her love for working in the production process is because she is able to control the creation of images. One of her biggest challenges as an African-American woman filmmaker is the high level of difficulty in attaining funding for her films, since investors are apprehensive about funding independent films due to the very competitive nature of such platforms that exist within the film production community.