Your Children Come Back to You

Your Children Come Back to You

1979 · 27 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

A single mother ekes out a living from welfare check to welfare check, struggling to provide for her daughter.

Directed by Alile Sharon Larkin · Written by Alile Sharon Larkin

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A Different Image

A Different Image · 1982

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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)

Dreadlocks and the Three Big Bears

Dreadlocks and the Three Big Bears · 1991

Dreadlocks and the Three Big Bears

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.

The Single Parent Family: Images in Black

The Single Parent Family: Images in Black · 1978

The Single Parent Family: Images in Black

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Interviews with single black parents.

The Kitchen

The Kitchen · 1975

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 Larkin

Creating a Different Image: Portrait of Alile Sharon Larkin · 1989

Creating a Different Image: Portrait of Alile Sharon Larkin

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

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