Haile Gerima

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Imperfect Journey

Dec 31, 1994

Imperfect Journey
1994 88 min 3 vues
Haile Gerima and Ryszard Kapuscinski travel around Ethiopia talking to people about their current situations and what needs to be done for a prosperous country.
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Ouaga
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Ouaga

Dec 04, 1988

Ouaga
1988 52 min 1 vues
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Teza
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Teza

Sep 02, 2008

Teza
2008 140 min 21 vues
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Sankofa
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Sankofa

May 28, 1993

Sankofa
1993 124 min 11 vues
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 past.
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Sankofa
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Sankofa

May 28, 1993

Sankofa
1993 124 min 11 vues
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Bush Mama
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Bush Mama

Sep 01, 1979

Bush Mama
1979 97 min 10 vues
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 falsely arrested and imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. Her life revolves around the welfare office and a community facing poverty and unemployment. As a result of the film's events, both the main characters become radicalized and Dorothy eventually turns to violence.
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Ashes and Embers
6.9

Ashes and Embers

Nov 17, 1982

Ashes and Embers
1982 129 min 7 vues
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 with his role in the war, and his role as a Black person in America. He survives by working odd jobs in Washington, D.C. and living with his girlfriend and her son. When criticism of his alienated behavior come from her and a father figure too often, he runs to the streets or to his grandmother's rural house in Virginia. Her criticism and his memories of the past both send him fleeing again to Los Angeles, where he is surrounded by superficial people who have forgotten how to be compassionate human beings. It is here that the advice of his friends and grandmother combine to transform him from an embittered ex-soldier to a strong and confident man.
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Hour Glass
6.5

Hour Glass

Jan 01, 1971

Hour Glass
1971 13 min 2 vues
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.
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Hour Glass
6.5

Hour Glass

Jan 01, 1971

Hour Glass
1971 13 min 2 vues
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.
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Ashes and Embers
6.9

Ashes and Embers

Nov 17, 1982

Ashes and Embers
1982 129 min 7 vues
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 with his role in the war, and his role as a Black person in America. He survives by working odd jobs in Washington, D.C. and living with his girlfriend and her son. When criticism of his alienated behavior come from her and a father figure too often, he runs to the streets or to his grandmother's rural house in Virginia. Her criticism and his memories of the past both send him fleeing again to Los Angeles, where he is surrounded by superficial people who have forgotten how to be compassionate human beings. It is here that the advice of his friends and grandmother combine to transform him from an embittered ex-soldier to a strong and confident man.
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Hour Glass
6.5

Hour Glass

Jan 01, 1971

Hour Glass
1971 13 min 2 vues
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.
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Child of Resistance
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Child of Resistance

Oct 01, 1973

Child of Resistance
1973 36 min 1 vues
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 filled with jurors. Linearity is rejected as space is treated poetically, following the coordinates of a propulsive social idea - the social imprisonment of black women.
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Ashes and Embers
6.9

Ashes and Embers

Nov 17, 1982

Ashes and Embers
1982 129 min 7 vues
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 with his role in the war, and his role as a Black person in America. He survives by working odd jobs in Washington, D.C. and living with his girlfriend and her son. When criticism of his alienated behavior come from her and a father figure too often, he runs to the streets or to his grandmother's rural house in Virginia. Her criticism and his memories of the past both send him fleeing again to Los Angeles, where he is surrounded by superficial people who have forgotten how to be compassionate human beings. It is here that the advice of his friends and grandmother combine to transform him from an embittered ex-soldier to a strong and confident man.
Drama
Bush Mama
6.8

Bush Mama

Sep 01, 1979

Bush Mama
1979 97 min 10 vues
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 falsely arrested and imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. Her life revolves around the welfare office and a community facing poverty and unemployment. As a result of the film's events, both the main characters become radicalized and Dorothy eventually turns to violence.
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Bush Mama
6.8

Bush Mama

Sep 01, 1979

Bush Mama
1979 97 min 10 vues
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 falsely arrested and imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. Her life revolves around the welfare office and a community facing poverty and unemployment. As a result of the film's events, both the main characters become radicalized and Dorothy eventually turns to violence.
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Bush Mama
6.8

Bush Mama

Sep 01, 1979

Bush Mama
1979 97 min 10 vues
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 falsely arrested and imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. Her life revolves around the welfare office and a community facing poverty and unemployment. As a result of the film's events, both the main characters become radicalized and Dorothy eventually turns to violence.
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Teza
7.6

Teza

Sep 02, 2008

Teza
2008 140 min 21 vues
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 falsely arrested and imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. Her life revolves around the welfare office and a community facing poverty and unemployment. As a result of the film's events, both the main characters become radicalized and Dorothy eventually turns to violence.
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አድዋ
6.5

አድዋ

Nov 20, 1999

አድዋ
1999 97 min 4 vues
In 1896, Ethiopia, an African nation, largely armed with spears and knives, defeats a well-equipped and organized Italian military bent on colonization.
Documentary
አድዋ
6.5

አድዋ

Nov 20, 1999

አድዋ
1999 97 min 4 vues
In 1896, Ethiopia, an African nation, largely armed with spears and knives, defeats a well-equipped and organized Italian military bent on colonization.
Documentary
አድዋ
6.5

አድዋ

Nov 20, 1999

አድዋ
1999 97 min 4 vues
In 1896, Ethiopia, an African nation, largely armed with spears and knives, defeats a well-equipped and organized Italian military bent on colonization.
Documentary
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
5.2

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Aug 28, 2013

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 120 min 14 vues
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 the future of cinema.
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Sankofa
6

Sankofa

May 28, 1993

Sankofa
1993 124 min 11 vues
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 past.
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Sankofa
6

Sankofa

May 28, 1993

Sankofa
1993 124 min 11 vues
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 past.
Drama
Imperfect Journey
5

Imperfect Journey

Dec 31, 1994

Imperfect Journey
1994 88 min 3 vues
Haile Gerima and Ryszard Kapuscinski travel around Ethiopia talking to people about their current situations and what needs to be done for a prosperous country.
Documentary
Imperfect Journey
5

Imperfect Journey

Dec 31, 1994

Imperfect Journey
1994 88 min 3 vues
Haile Gerima and Ryszard Kapuscinski travel around Ethiopia talking to people about their current situations and what needs to be done for a prosperous country.
Documentary
Footprints of Pan-Africanism
8

Footprints of Pan-Africanism

Jan 01, 2017

Footprints of Pan-Africanism
2017 77 min 1 vues
In 1957, Ghana was the first African country to become independent of its colonial rulers, in this case the British. Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of what in 1960 became the Republic of Ghana, called on Africans from all over the world to come to Ghana to help build the new nation. The most important aim was to "undo the damage caused by the slave trade" as filmmaker Shirikiana Aina expressed it in her documentary Footprints of Pan Africanism. Several people speak in Aina’s film about the reconstruction of Ghana and Nkrumah, who was deposed in 1966, offering room for their frequently gripping personal stories. These are often marked by racism, the emerging civil rights movement and what it’s like to be black and live elsewhere. For many, returning to Africa was like going home.
Documentary
Teza
7.6

Teza

Sep 02, 2008

Teza
2008 140 min 21 vues
In 1957, Ghana was the first African country to become independent of its colonial rulers, in this case the British. Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of what in 1960 became the Republic of Ghana, called on Africans from all over the world to come to Ghana to help build the new nation. The most important aim was to "undo the damage caused by the slave trade" as filmmaker Shirikiana Aina expressed it in her documentary Footprints of Pan Africanism. Several people speak in Aina’s film about the reconstruction of Ghana and Nkrumah, who was deposed in 1966, offering room for their frequently gripping personal stories. These are often marked by racism, the emerging civil rights movement and what it’s like to be black and live elsewhere. For many, returning to Africa was like going home.
Drama
Teza
7.6

Teza

Sep 02, 2008

Teza
2008 140 min 21 vues
In 1957, Ghana was the first African country to become independent of its colonial rulers, in this case the British. Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of what in 1960 became the Republic of Ghana, called on Africans from all over the world to come to Ghana to help build the new nation. The most important aim was to "undo the damage caused by the slave trade" as filmmaker Shirikiana Aina expressed it in her documentary Footprints of Pan Africanism. Several people speak in Aina’s film about the reconstruction of Ghana and Nkrumah, who was deposed in 1966, offering room for their frequently gripping personal stories. These are often marked by racism, the emerging civil rights movement and what it’s like to be black and live elsewhere. For many, returning to Africa was like going home.
Drama
The Maroons
1

The Maroons

Jan 01, 1970

The Maroons
1970 32 min 1 vues
A film about the Maroons—freed or escaped slaves that created their own communities during slavery. Both stories are examples of Gerima’s driving motivation—sankofa, reclaiming the past in order to move forward.
Documentary
Hour Glass
6.5

Hour Glass

Jan 01, 1971

Hour Glass
1971 13 min 2 vues
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.
Drama
Hour Glass
6.5

Hour Glass

Jan 01, 1971

Hour Glass
1971 13 min 2 vues
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.
Drama