Aisha Ford
USA
Aisha Ford is an award-winning filmmaker and activist. She creates deeply personal films that inspire truth-telling and amplify marginalized voices, with works like Cherry Lemonade, which premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.
Be A Fish
Artist Notes
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Aisha Ford Transcript for Be A Fish
00:00:00:00 – 00:01:41:23
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Be a fish, be a fish….
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One, two, three.
00:02:08:11 – 00:03:14:04
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Taylor. Today’s the big day. No, we have four more days. 5 minutes. But you told me next week! Be downstairs in 5 minutes.
00:03:14:06 – 00:03:24:21
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What are you wearing? Mom, I’m not ready.
00:03:24:23 – 00:03:30:12
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You told me next week.
00:03:30:14 – 00:03:34:08
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Come on.
00:03:34:10 – 00:03:47:23
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Taylor, I do not have all day.
00:03:48:01 – 00:04:06:07
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It’s okay. You’ve done this before. Mom!
00:04:06:09 – 00:04:20:00
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Calm down.
00:04:27:20 – 00:06:55:15
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See? It’s fine. Taylor, make sure you put all that stuff up.
Aisha Ford
Biography
Aisha Ford is an award-winning filmmaker who strives to make films in hope of inspiring others like her to speak their truth. The art that she works on every day is her activism. It’s a space where she can dive into her own consciousness, and share her inner emotions and world perspective.
During her time at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, she was the recipient of the Dean’s Fellowship, the Spike Lee Film Production Grant, and the prestigious NYU Wasserman Award for her second-year short film, Royal. She was also the recipient of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts HBO Scholarship. In 2019, she was chosen as one of the fellow MFAs to attend the Sundance Film Festival, on behalf of the BET Blackhouse Foundation. She followed with her short film, Cherry Lemonade, premiering at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.
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