Florence Ayisi is professor of International Documentary Film at the Faculty of Business and Creative Industries, University of South Wales, U.K. She teaches diverse aspects of documentary film theory and practice, transnational cinema. She has taught film and media studies for over 27 years at several Higher Education Institutions in the U.K.

Ayisi is also an award-winning documentary filmmaker with extensive experience of producing documentary films in national and international contexts. Her documentaries offer discerning insights, and stories where people of color have agency, voice, increased visibility and perspectives that offer other ways of being and seeing, with resultant impact . Her first documentary, Sisters in Law, (co-directed with Kim Longinotto, 2005) was long listed for the Academy Awards (Oscars) in 2006. Ayisi was a co-Investigator on a multi-disciplinary research project, Co-POWeR, exploring the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Families and Communities. She is currently completing several documentaries co-created during the Co-POWeR project.