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Haile Gerima

Haile Gerima

Known For Directing
Birthday Mar 04, 1946 (79)
Birthplace Gondor, Ethiopia
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 05, 2025
Entry Date Apr 25, 2024
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Biography

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 Washi ... ngton, 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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Imperfect Journey

Imperfect Journey

1994

Writer

Sankofa

Sankofa

1993

Editor, Writer

Ashes and Embers

Ashes and Embers

1982

Writer

Bush Mama

Bush Mama

1979

Editor, Writer

Imperfect Journey

Imperfect Journey

1994

Director

Sankofa

Sankofa

1993

Director

Ashes and Embers

Ashes and Embers

1982

Director

Bush Mama

Bush Mama

1979

Director

Child of Resistance

Child of Resistance

1973

Director

Sankofa

Sankofa

1993

Producer

Ashes and Embers

Ashes and Embers

1982

Producer

Bush Mama

Bush Mama

1979

Producer

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