Haile Gerima

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).

  • Title: Haile Gerima
  • Popularity: 0.463
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1946-03-04
  • Place of Birth: Gondor, Ethiopia
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Haile Gerima Movies

  • 2013
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    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    5.2 2013 HD

    Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of...

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  • 1994
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    Imperfect Journey

    Imperfect Journey

    5 1994 HD

    Haile Gerima and Ryszard Kapuscinski travel around Ethiopia talking to people about their current situations and what needs to be done for a...

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  • 1988
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    Ouaga

    Ouaga

    1 1988 HD

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  • 2008
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    Teza

    Teza

    7.6 2008 HD

    The Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native country during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu and the...

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  • 1993
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    Sankofa

    Sankofa

    6 1993 HD

    On a photo shoot in Ghana, an American model slips back in time, becomes enslaved on a plantation and bears witness to the agony of her ancestral...

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  • 1993
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    Sankofa

    Sankofa

    6 1993 HD

    On a photo shoot in Ghana, an American model slips back in time, becomes enslaved on a plantation and bears witness to the agony of her ancestral...

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  • 1979
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    Bush Mama

    Bush Mama

    6.8 1979 HD

    The story of Dorothy and her husband T.C. He is a discharged Vietnam veteran who thought he would return home to a "hero's welcome." Instead he is...

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  • 1975
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    Harvest: 3,000 Years

    Harvest: 3,000 Years

    6.7 1975 HD

    In this meditative film the everyday lives of poor Ethiopian peasants are shown using documentary as well as storytelling techniques, with its drama...

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  • 1975
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    Harvest: 3,000 Years

    Harvest: 3,000 Years

    6.7 1975 HD

    In this meditative film the everyday lives of poor Ethiopian peasants are shown using documentary as well as storytelling techniques, with its drama...

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  • 1982
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    Ashes and Embers

    Ashes and Embers

    6.9 1982 HD

    Ashes and Embers is an original screenplay by Haile Gerima, about a Vietnam veteran, who, several years after the war, is struggling to come to terms...

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  • 1971
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    Hour Glass

    Hour Glass

    6.5 1971 HD

    In the midst of the Black consciousness movement, a basketball player imagines his profession to that of a gladiator. After a series of reflections...

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  • 1971
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    Hour Glass

    Hour Glass

    6.5 1971 HD

    In the midst of the Black consciousness movement, a basketball player imagines his profession to that of a gladiator. After a series of reflections...

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  • 1982
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    Ashes and Embers

    Ashes and Embers

    6.9 1982 HD

    Ashes and Embers is an original screenplay by Haile Gerima, about a Vietnam veteran, who, several years after the war, is struggling to come to terms...

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  • 1971
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    Hour Glass

    Hour Glass

    6.5 1971 HD

    In the midst of the Black consciousness movement, a basketball player imagines his profession to that of a gladiator. After a series of reflections...

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  • 1973
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    Child of Resistance

    Child of Resistance

    1 1973 HD

    A woman dressed in a robe, hands bound, is being transported through a barroom into a jail cell, directly outside of which later appears a jury box...

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  • 1982
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    Ashes and Embers

    Ashes and Embers

    6.9 1982 HD

    Ashes and Embers is an original screenplay by Haile Gerima, about a Vietnam veteran, who, several years after the war, is struggling to come to terms...

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  • 1979
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    Bush Mama

    Bush Mama

    6.8 1979 HD

    The story of Dorothy and her husband T.C. He is a discharged Vietnam veteran who thought he would return home to a "hero's welcome." Instead he is...

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  • 1979
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    Bush Mama

    Bush Mama

    6.8 1979 HD

    The story of Dorothy and her husband T.C. He is a discharged Vietnam veteran who thought he would return home to a "hero's welcome." Instead he is...

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  • 1979
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    Bush Mama

    Bush Mama

    6.8 1979 HD

    The story of Dorothy and her husband T.C. He is a discharged Vietnam veteran who thought he would return home to a "hero's welcome." Instead he is...

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  • 2008
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    Teza

    Teza

    7.6 2008 HD

    The Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native country during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu and the...

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  • 1999
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    Adwa

    Adwa

    6.5 1999 HD

    In 1896, Ethiopia, an African nation, largely armed with spears and knives, defeats a well-equipped and organized Italian military bent on...

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  • 1999
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    Adwa

    Adwa

    6.5 1999 HD

    In 1896, Ethiopia, an African nation, largely armed with spears and knives, defeats a well-equipped and organized Italian military bent on...

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  • 1999
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    Adwa

    Adwa

    6.5 1999 HD

    In 1896, Ethiopia, an African nation, largely armed with spears and knives, defeats a well-equipped and organized Italian military bent on...

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  • 2013
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    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    5.2 2013 HD

    Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of...

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  • 1993
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    Sankofa

    Sankofa

    6 1993 HD

    On a photo shoot in Ghana, an American model slips back in time, becomes enslaved on a plantation and bears witness to the agony of her ancestral...

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  • 1993
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    Sankofa

    Sankofa

    6 1993 HD

    On a photo shoot in Ghana, an American model slips back in time, becomes enslaved on a plantation and bears witness to the agony of her ancestral...

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  • 1994
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    Imperfect Journey

    Imperfect Journey

    5 1994 HD

    Haile Gerima and Ryszard Kapuscinski travel around Ethiopia talking to people about their current situations and what needs to be done for a...

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  • 1994
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    Imperfect Journey

    Imperfect Journey

    5 1994 HD

    Haile Gerima and Ryszard Kapuscinski travel around Ethiopia talking to people about their current situations and what needs to be done for a...

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  • 2017
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    Footprints of Pan-Africanism

    Footprints of Pan-Africanism

    8 2017 HD

    In 1957, Ghana was the first African country to become independent of its colonial rulers, in this case the British. Kwame Nkrumah, the first...

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  • 2008
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    Teza

    Teza

    7.6 2008 HD

    The Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native country during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu and the...

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  • 2008
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    Teza

    Teza

    7.6 2008 HD

    The Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native country during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu and the...

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  • 1970
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    The Maroons

    The Maroons

    1 1970 HD

    A film about the Maroons—freed or escaped slaves that created their own communities during slavery. Both stories are examples of Gerima’s...

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  • 1971
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    Hour Glass

    Hour Glass

    6.5 1971 HD

    In the midst of the Black consciousness movement, a basketball player imagines his profession to that of a gladiator. After a series of reflections...

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  • 1971
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    Hour Glass

    Hour Glass

    6.5 1971 HD

    In the midst of the Black consciousness movement, a basketball player imagines his profession to that of a gladiator. After a series of reflections...

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  • 1979
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    Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000

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

    1 1979 HD

    A documentary on the Wilmington 10, 9 afro-Americans and 1 white woman who were unjustly imprisoned. 4K digital restoration by the Academy Film...

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