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Haile Gerima (b. 1946)

Birthplace:
Gondor, Ethiopia

Born:
March 4, 1946

Biography from TheMovieDB

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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Film Production

Director:
1971  Hour Glass
1973  Child of Resistance
1975  Harvest: 3,000 Years
1979  Bush Mama
1979  Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000
1982  Ashes and Embers
1993  Sankofa
1994  Imperfect Journey
1999  Adwa
2008  Teza
2013  Venice 70: Future Reloaded
????  The Maroons

Director of Photography:
1971  Hour Glass
1973  Child of Resistance
1975  Harvest: 3,000 Years
1979  Bush Mama
1979  Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000
1982  Ashes and Embers
1993  Sankofa
1994  Imperfect Journey
1999  Adwa
2008  Teza
2013  Venice 70: Future Reloaded
????  The Maroons

Editor:
1971  Hour Glass
1973  Child of Resistance
1975  Harvest: 3,000 Years
1979  Bush Mama
1979  Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000
1982  Ashes and Embers
1993  Sankofa
1994  Imperfect Journey
1999  Adwa
2008  Teza
2013  Venice 70: Future Reloaded
????  The Maroons

Producer:
1971  Hour Glass
1973  Child of Resistance
1975  Harvest: 3,000 Years
1979  Bush Mama
1979  Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000
1982  Ashes and Embers
1993  Sankofa
1994  Imperfect Journey
1999  Adwa
2008  Teza
2013  Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2017  Footprints of Pan-Africanism
????  The Maroons

Screenplay:
1971  Hour Glass
1973  Child of Resistance
1975  Harvest: 3,000 Years
1979  Bush Mama
1979  Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000
1982  Ashes and Embers
1993  Sankofa
1994  Imperfect Journey
1999  Adwa
2008  Teza
2013  Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2017  Footprints of Pan-Africanism
????  The Maroons

Writer:
1971  Hour Glass
1973  Child of Resistance
1975  Harvest: 3,000 Years
1979  Bush Mama
1979  Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000
1982  Ashes and Embers
1993  Sankofa
1994  Imperfect Journey
1999  Adwa
2008  Teza
2013  Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2017  Footprints of Pan-Africanism
????  The Maroons

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