Aliyah Mitchell

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About Aliyah

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Awards

Best Experimental Film "Eat Your Therapy"
(2018)
Best Editing "Eat Your Therapy"
(2018)

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Credits

A Ripple in Ann Arbor (2025)
Documentary Director, Editor
A Dreaming Angel (2016 - 2024)
Documentary (Documentary and Drama) Director, Editor A cartoonist’s fever dream digs in on her relationship and memories with the Chavez Caldera family of Colonia Anapra, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, through an archive of media spanning over ten years.
Right to Read: The Ann Arbor King Case (2024)
Documentary (Documentary and Drama) Director, Editor Right to Read: The Ann Arbor King Case is a short documentary about the 1977 lawsuit that became known as the "Ann Arbor Black English Case" or "The King Case". Brought on behalf of 11 Black students at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, childhood literacy, Black language, and cultural competency emerged as central themes of this case.
The Many Miracles of Household Saints (2024)
Documentary by Martina Savoca-Guay Cinematographer A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of the 1993 independent film Household Saints (1993), The Many Miracles of Household Saints was created by a first-time feature director with unique qualifications and talents for the assignment. Martina Savoca-Guay is not only the daughter of the producer and director of Household Saints, she was - in a way - on the film set. Savoca-Guay is the baby that director Nancy Savoca was carrying during the film's production, and as a newborn she spent days in the editing room with her parents.
Road to Life (2021 - 2023)
Documentary by Cinergy3 (Documentary, Drama and Family) Director, Producer Set in Muskegon, Michigan, “Road to Life” is a documentary examining one of the underexplored outcomes of mass incarceration: intergenerational incarceration. 70% of kids with incarcerated parents will become incarcerated themselves. Without intervention, the cycle will continue. In a sobering, yet inspiring film, two families with young children must grapple with their family’s history of incarceration.
We Are What We Speak (2019 - 2022)
Series by We Are What We Speak LLC (Documentary and Drama) Producer A series unpacking linguistic discrimination and celebrating linguistic diversity in the U.S. and beyond.
The Dragon Mosaic (2019 - 2021)
Film (short) by Aliyah Mitchell (Documentary) Director, Editor An excerpt from the short documentary, The Dragon Mosaic, featuring mosaic artist and Tai Chi instructor, Master Wasentha Young.
Noise in the Garden (2018)
Film (short) by Eli B. Winer (Drama and Drama) Assistant Director An update and twist on the Tower of Babel tale. Contemporary society sees everyone speaking different languages, yet trading goods and services, when a guy stumbles upon another with whom he can communicate in the same tongue.
Eat Your Therapy (2018)
Film (short) by Aliyah Mitchell (Drama and Drama) Director/Editor A young woman is plagued by an unseen force while taking prescribed sensory medication -- is the effect sensitizing or desensitizing?
What is Sizeism? (2018)
Documentary Producer A short export of a longer documentary about Sizeism in the US, particularly Sizeism against women and legislature to protect against it.
Pills (2017)
Film (short) by Kourtney Bell (Drama, Science Fiction and Drama) Gaffer/Grip/Editor Pills is a story set in an increasingly utopian society where special pills can change different attributes of people.
Bulletproof (2017)
Film (short) by Sibella Dowad (Drama, Family and Drama) Director of Photography/Editor A young woman tired of wrestling with abuse finally breaks it to her friend that she won't take it anymore and wants to leave their small town behind her.
Dim (2017)
Film (short) by Aliyah Mitchell (Drama, Thriller and Drama) Director/Writer/Editor A woman diagnosed with a sensory processing disorder is plagued by an unseen force.
Thunderbird Raceway (2016)
Video by Thunderbird Raceway Muskegon Editor, Camera Op
Ruin Me (2015)
Film by Preston DeFrancis production assistant Alexandra reluctantly tags along for Slasher Sleepout, an extreme event that is part camping trip, part haunted house, and part escape room. But when the fun turns deadly, Alex has to play the game if she wants to make it out alive.
Do You Believe? (2014)
Film by Jon Gunn Extra When a pastor is shaken by the visible faith of a street-corner preacher, he is reminded that true belief always requires action. His response ignites a journey that impacts everyone it touches in ways that only God could orchestrate. -IMDb
Mistakes-R-Us (2011)
Theater by Aliyah Mitchell (Comedy) Director Wave bye-bye to your mistakes because Mistakes-R-Us is open for business! Just grab your credit card, dial their 1-800 number and sit back as they erase any (well, almost any) mistake you've made for a practical price. Sound too good to be true? It does to a snooping high school journalist who interviews the wacky owner in hopes of uncovering the truth about this company. Will this mean the end of Mistakes-R-Us, or is the idea of a perfect world closer than we thought? -playscripts
Welcome to the Room (2010)
Theater by Aliyah Mitchell (Comedy and Drama) Writer Two scandalous people have taken over a game show and made it their own to steal the prize money when nobody wins.
Muskegon - Rising from the Sawdust (2007)
Documentary by McGarry Extra Community video project featuring the history and culture of Muskegon, Michigan.