Haile Gerima

Known for

Directing

Born

Mar 4, 1946

From

Gondor, Ethiopia

Haile Gerima (born March 4, 1946) is an Ethiopian Amhara filmmaker who lives and works in the United States. He is a leading member of the L.A. Rebellion film movement, also known as the Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers. Since 1975, Haile has been a film professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He is best known for Sankofa (1993), which won two awards. In 1970, he moved to California to attend the University of California where he earned Bachelor's and Master's of Fine Arts degrees in film. He was part of a generation of new black filmmakers who became known as the Los Angeles School of Black filmmakers, along with Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep), Jamaa Fanaka (Penitentiary), Ben Caldwell (I and I), Larry Clark and Julie Dash (Daughters of the Dust).

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Venice 70: Future Reloaded

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Imperfect Journey

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As Above, So Below

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Ouaga

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Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA

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Black Lions – Roman Wolves

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Teza

20087.6out of 10

Sankofa

19935.8out of 10

Bush Mama

19796.7out of 10

Harvest: 3,000 Years

19756.8out of 10

Hour Glass

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Ashes and Embers

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Child of Resistance

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Adwa

19997.2out of 10

Footprints of Pan-Africanism

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The Maroons

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Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000

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