

Montré Missouri
Associate Professor
mmissouri@howard.edu
Montré Aza Missouri is an Associate Professor in Film and Director of the Graduate Film Program in the Department of Media, Journalism and Film where she teaches Scriptwriting, Film Directing and African Cinema. Dr. Missouri has worked in England, Northern Ireland, Ghana and Nigeria as an independent filmmaker. She is also the founding director of Parallel Film Collective that promotes international independent film and is a founding partner of award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s distribution company ARRAY.
Dr. Missouri studied at The London Film School, Goldsmiths College University of London and she holds a Ph.D. in Film and Media Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London.
Research Interests
Her book Black Magic Woman and Narrative Film: Race, Sex and Afro-Religiosity (Palgrave Macmillan) focuses on images of Yorùbá-Atlantic religions, racial and cultural hybridity as represented in independent and mainstream African American cinemas.
Creative and Published Works
She is currently in production for the documentary DJ’s, Dance and Deities exploring the influences of West African religions and cultures on Afro-House Music and Diaspora Identities.
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