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Haile Gerima
Gerima in 2015
Born
(1946-03-04) March 4, 1946 (age 78)
Gondar, Ethiopia
Alma mater
Goodman School of Drama
Occupation(s)
Film director, film producer, screenwriter
Years active
1972–present
Known for
Sankofa
Spouse
Shirikiana Aina
Awards
1993 – Best Cinematography Award for Sankofa, FESPACO, Burkina Faso etc
Haile Gerima (born March 4, 1946) is an Ethiopian 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.[1] 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.
^Hornaday, Ann (June 3, 2007). "From L.A. Hotbed, Black Filmmakers' Creativity Flowered". Washington Post. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
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Emperor Haile Selassie was filmed. The 1990s saw international booming of Ethiopian films. The most influential people in this era were HaileGerima, Salem...
William Friedkin Lucio Fulci Samuel Fuller Philippe Garrel Costa-Gavras HaileGerima Greta Gerwig Ritwik Ghatak Terry Gilliam Sidney Gilliat Vince Gilligan...
Claire Chase, Jennifer Koh, Miranda Cuckson, Prashant Bhargava and HaileGerima. In 2003, Iyer premiered his first collaboration with the poet-producer-performer...
American studies. The symbol and name were used in the 1993 film Sankofa by HaileGerima, as well as in the graphic title of the film 500 Years Later by Owen...
and decolonization in the film universe. Born in Ethiopia, filmmaker HaileGerima describes the "colonization of the unconscious" he describes experiencing...
). Cambridge University Press. pp. 82–95. Adwa: an African victory, HaïléGerima, US, 1999, Mypheduh Films, 97 min Fascist Legacy, Ken Kirby, Royaume-Uni...
Director: Aleksei German for Paper Soldier Special Jury Prize: Teza by HaileGerima Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Silvio Orlando for Giovanna's Father Volpi...
activist Stacey Abrams, novelist and diplomat E. R. Braithwaite, filmmaker HaileGerima, and psychiatrist Frances Cress Welsing. Howard offers four selective...
film production at Howard University. She is married to film director HaileGerima. Shirikiana Aina attended Howard University and earned her Bachelor's...
studied architecture at Howard University, but also took a film class with HaileGerima as he already was interested in movies. He later relocated to New York...
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