Aishah Shahidah Simmons
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Aishah Shahidah Simmons is an American Black feminist lesbian documentary filmmaker, writer, activist, cultural worker, and international lecturer. Her work explores themes of sexual violence, healing, reproductive justice, and Black liberation, using media and storytelling as tools for social transformation and healing. She is best known as the creator, director, writer, and producer of the internationally acclaimed award-winning feature documentary NO! The Rape Documentary (2006), which addresses sexual a
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Occupation:
• Just Beginnings Collaborative (Former Fellow)
• Women's Media Center SheSource
• AfroLez Productions
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Aishah Shahidah Simmons is an American Black feminist lesbian documentary filmmaker, writer, activist, cultural worker, and international lecturer. Her work explores themes of sexual violence, healing, reproductive justice, and Black liberation, using media and storytelling as tools for social transformation and healing. She is best known as the creator, director, writer, and producer of the internationally acclaimed award-winning feature documentary NO! The Rape Documentary (2006), which addresses sexual assault, rape, and healing through the testimonies and experiences of Black women and girls. Additionally, she edited the Anthology Love WITH Accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse (2019), which won a Lambda Literary Award. She has held visiting faculty, scholar, and fellow positions at institutions including Temple University, the University of Chicago, Scripps College, and the Just Beginnings Collaborative.