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Haile Gerima
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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…
Known for
- Black Lions – Roman Wolves — Self – Narrator2026
- Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA — Himself2016
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded2013
- Imperfect Journey1994
- Ouaga1988
- As Above, So Below — Dess1973
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ethiopia
- Place of birth
- Gondar
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Languages spoken
- German
- Image
- Haile Gerima-62029.jpg
- Residence
- United States
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- date of birth
- 1946-03-04
- Commons category
- Hailé Gerima
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