Haile Gerima

Known for DirectingBorn 1946-03-04 (age 80)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).Read more

Movies & web series

Footprints of Pan-Africanism

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

Teza

Adwa

Ashes and Embers

Hour Glass

As Above, So Below

Child of Resistance

Harvest: 3,000 Years

Bush Mama

Sankofa

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Imperfect Journey

Black Lions – Roman Wolves

Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA

Ouaga

The Maroons