1. Haile Gerima was born on March 4,1946 and is an Ethiopian filmmaker who lives and works in the United States.
15 Facts About Haile Gerima
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Since 1975, Haile has been a film professor at Howard University in Washington, DC He is best known for Sankofa, which won two awards.
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Haile Gerima's father was a dramatist and playwright, who traveled across the Ethiopian countryside staging local plays.
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Haile Gerima has discussed the unconscious effect representations of colonialism in film had on him as a child:.
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Haile Gerima emigrated to Chicago, United States in 1967 to study theatre.
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Haile Gerima enrolled in acting classes at the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago.
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Haile Gerima met Teshome Gabriel in Maine while teaching Amharic to Peace Corps volunteers.
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Haile Gerima was part of a generation of new black filmmakers who became known as the Los Angeles School of Black filmmakers, along with Charles Burnett, Jamaa Fanaka, Ben Caldwell, Larry Clark and Julie Dash.
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Haile Gerima is arrested and imprisoned for a crime he did not commit.
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Haile Gerima met his future wife and a Detroit native, Shirikiana Aina while she was attending at Howard University.
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Haile Gerima discusses his movie Ashes and Embers in an interview, "presented in collaboration with ARRAY, the rebirth of the African American Film Festival Releasing Movement " at the Schomburg Center.
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Haile Gerima made these films to honor the struggles of his ancestors and to make names known throughout history.
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Haile Gerima wanted to use his work as a critical lens for personal growth and creative development.
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Haile Gerima is perhaps best known as the writer, producer, and director of Sankofa.
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Haile Gerima founded Sankofa, a bookstore, cafe and film center, located at 2714 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC It is directly across the street from Howard University.