Bellydancing: A History and an Art (1979)
Filmmaker Alicia Dhanifu, who appears in director Jamaa Fanaka’s Emma Mae, constructs a rigorous and beautifully rendered history of belly dancing — its roots and history, forms and meanings. The filmmaker performs this art as well, alone and with other dancers. —Shannon Kelley
Director: Alicia Dhanifu
| Costume & Make-Up | Iola Kelly | Costume Design |
| Camera | Paula Gibson | Still Photographer |
| Production | Barbara McCullough | Production Manager |
| Camera | All All | Grip |
| Visual Effects | Christine Shaw | Animation |
| Camera | Ernest Floyd | Grip |
| Camera | John Stone | Grip |
| Sound | Bill Foster | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Clarence Floyd Sr | Grip |
| Camera | Ernest Dillhay | Grip |
| Camera | Jerry Welseman | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Don Amis | Grip |
| Camera | Reggie Jackson | Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kathy Jackson | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Alicia Dhanifu | Director |
| Sound | Perry Lopez | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Nigel Dandridge Perry | Grip |
| Camera | Imelda Richard Billings | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Dennis Brown | Gaffer |
| Crew | Ed Harker | Cinematography |
