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Alile Sharon Larkin

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Alile Sharon Larkin

Alile Sharon Larkin is an artist-educator and award-winning independent film and video maker. Larkin was a public school teacher in Los Angeles for over 25 years. She taught at 32nd Street/USC Visual and Performing Arts Magnet School from 1993-2013. Her teaching experience ranges from pre-K to college and filmmaking is part of Larkin’s interdisciplinary curriculum. She has received 10 Video in…

Known For

A Different ImageA Different Image · 1982
A Different Image
★ 8.01982
MovieDrama
An African American woman living away from her family in Los Angeles yearns to be recognized for more than her physical attributes. In cultivating the friendship of a male office mate, she aspires to a relationship where romance is not a factor, seeking someone who can "see her as she is," rather than see only what he wants to see. (UCLA Film & Television Archive)
The KitchenThe Kitchen · 1975
The Kitchen
★ 5.51975
MovieDrama
An early student work directed at UCLA by Alile Sharon Larkin and submitted as her "Project One." Larkin visualizes a mental ward as a possible equivalent to prison incarceration for women of color. –UCLA Film & Television Archive
Creating a Different Image: Portrait of Alile Sharon LarkinCreating a Different Image: Portrait of Alile Sharon Larkin · 1989
Creating a Different Image: Portrait of Alile Sharon Larkin
1989
Movie
A jubilant affirmation of self-identity, Creating a Different Image is Alile Sharon Larkin in her own words defiantly declaring, "I am an artist." Learn more about the personal life and professional aspirations of the filmmaker behind Your Children Come Back to You (1979), A Different Image (1982), Dreadlocks and the Three Bears (1991) and many more. —Samuel B. Prime
The Single Parent Family: Images in BlackThe Single Parent Family: Images in Black · 1978
The Single Parent Family: Images in Black
★ 6.01978
MovieDocumentary
Interviews with single black parents.
Dreadlocks and the Three Big BearsDreadlocks and the Three Big Bears · 1991
Dreadlocks and the Three Big Bears
★ 7.01991
MovieAnimation
The story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears is told from an African American perspective in this short film written and produced by Alile Sharon Larkin.
Your Children Come Back to YouYour Children Come Back to You · 1979
Your Children Come Back to You
★ 8.01979
MovieDrama
A single mother ekes out a living from welfare check to welfare check, struggling to provide for her daughter.

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