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).
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Black Lions – Roman Wolvesas Self – Narrator2026- Black Lions – Roman WolvesDirector2026
- Black Lions – Roman WolvesScreenplay2026
- Black Lions – Roman WolvesEditor2026
- Black Lions – Roman WolvesCo-Producer2026
Footprints of Pan-AfricanismProducer2018
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLAas Himself2016
Venice 70: Future Reloaded2013- Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirector2013
TezaDirector2008- TezaScreenplay2008
- TezaProducer2008
- TezaEditor2008
AdwaEditor1999- AdwaDirector1999
- AdwaProducer1999
Imperfect Journey1994- Imperfect JourneyWriter1994
- Imperfect JourneyDirector1994
SankofaWriter1993- SankofaDirector1993
- SankofaEditor1993
- SankofaProducer1993
- Ouaga1988
Ashes and EmbersDirector1982- Ashes and EmbersWriter1982
- Ashes and EmbersProducer1982
Bush MamaDirector1979- Bush MamaProducer1979
- Bush MamaEditor1979
- Bush MamaWriter1979
Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000Director1979
Harvest: 3,000 YearsDirector1975- Harvest: 3,000 YearsWriter1975
Child of ResistanceDirector1973
As Above, So Belowas Dess1973
Hour GlassDirector1971- Hour GlassProducer1971
- Hour GlassDirector of Photography1971
- Hour GlassWriter1971
- Hour GlassEditor1971
- The MaroonsDirector—