Haile Gerima
Date of Birth: 04 Mar 1946
Country: Ethiopia
Biography: 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.
Total Credits at Criticker: 1 (Actor), 7 (Director), 6 (Writer)
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A self-absorbed Black American fashion model on a photo shoot in Africa is spiritually transported back to a plantation in the West Indies where she experiences first-hand the physical and psychic horrors of chattel slavery, and eventually the redemptive power of community and rebellion as she becomes a member of a freedom-seeking Maroon colony. (imdb)
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The return of the African intellectual Anberber to his native country during the repressive Marxist regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu and the recognition of his own displacement and powerlessness at the dissolution of his people's humanity and social values. After several years spent studying medicine in Germany, Anberber returns to Ethiopia only to find the country of his youth replaced by turmoil...
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A black, disillusioned Vietnam veteran struggles with his experiences of the war nearly eight years after its end. Failing to yet successfully re-integrate himself into society, the prejudices he finds against African Americans juxtapose themselves with the cultural issues brought about by the war, leading to his continual running away from what emotionally weakens him--regardless of his friends' insistence to face the matters he ignores.
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Harvest 3000 years (Mirt Sost Shi Amit) provides an epic and harsh picture of peasant life in contemporary rural Ethiopia, which despite a few indications of modernity still seems to be immersed in a different time. It is the description of the fight and resistance of a people against the abuse of large landowners, conveyed with the power of militant and avant-garde cinema. (Giuseppe Gariazzo)
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Hour Glass (1971) - Short Film
In the midst of the Black consciousness movement, a basketball player imagines his profession to that of a gladiator. After a series of reflections including his upbringing as a foster child of White Americans, he returns to his origins. (imdb)
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In 1896, Ethiopia, an African nation, largely armed with spears and knives, defeats a well-equipped and organized Italian military bent on colonization. (imdb)
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