Summary

Melissa McClinton, professionally known as Safiya Songhai, is an American w88 casino games login director, Emmy Award-winning television producer and broadcast journalist. The Philadelphia native trained with highly acclaimed playwright Ntozake Shange, “Sankofa” director Haile Gerima and Oscar award-winning director Spike Lee.

Songhai’s first films, “LadyLike” and “In Silent Spaces,” both follow Black female protagonists and explore themes of sisterhood, mother/child relationships, religion, spirituality and the male gaze. Both films earned top honors at film festivals nationwide and later premiered on PBS. “LadyLike” was incorporated into lesson plans in middle w88 casino games login curriculum to teach about religious tolerance and the various interpretations of the feminine ideal.

In addition to filmmaking, Songhai has worked as a television commentator for CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront,” discussing topics concerning racial profiling, the George Zimmerman trial, police brutality and the impact of the murder of Trayvon Martin. Since 2014, Songhai has covered international w88 casino games login as a TV anchor/reporter for Arise w88 casino games login, and Peace w88 casino games login Network.Songhai has also served as voice-over talent for a number of documentaries, commercials, promotional work and PSA’s. As a television producer, Songhai hosted a five-part PBS series on the legacy of Brown vs. the Board of Education and produced the undercover prison-cell footage for the 2-hour “Dateline” special on the BTK Killer.

Songhai travels as a college professor and for panel discussions. Songhai is a summa cum laude graduate of Howard University and completed her MFA at New York University’s Tisch w88 casino games login of the Arts Kanbar Institute of Film and Television.

Courses taught

• JOUR 208: w88 casino games login Production
• JOUR 307: Multimedia Reporting and Writing
• JOUR 318: Narrative: The Art of Storytelling
• JOUR 340: Intermediate w88 casino games login Production
• JOUR 423: Newscast w88 casino games login
• JOUR 440/640: Advanced w88 casino games login Production
• JOUR 756: Storytelling II: Multimedia

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