Haile Gerima
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).
Acting
Crew
Movie
Teza
Director
2008
Movie
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
2013
Movie
Sankofa
Director
1993
Movie
Bush Mama
Director
1979
Movie
Harvest: 3,000 Years
Director
1975
Movie
Ashes and Embers
Director
1982
Movie
Adwa
Director
1999
Movie
Hour Glass
Director
1971
Movie
Imperfect Journey
Director
1994
Movie
Child of Resistance
Director
1973
Movie
Footprints of Pan-Africanism
Producer
2018
Movie
Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000
Director
1979