Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Haile Gerima story is one of personal and professional resistance. A warrior whose chosen weapon is cinema, Gerima has been at ...

For 50 years, Haile Gerima has been a beacon for genuine independence, free both from the strictures of the film industry and the constraints of conventional storytelling. The Ethiopian-born, ...

In 1982, the Ethiopian American director Haile Gerima released a feature-length film on the struggles of a black veteran in the wake of the Vietnam War. “Ashes and Embers” told the story of Ned ...

Filmmaker Haile Gerima, best known as one of the leading filmmakers of the L.A. Rebellion movement, is officially making his return to feature filmmaking with Black Lions – Roman Wolves, a documentary ...

This week on The Treatment, Elvis welcomes director Haile Gerima, who is to receive a Vantage Award from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures this month. In October, the museum will host a ...

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To celebrate Black history month, Ava DuVernay’s indie distribution, arts and advocacy collective Array has produced “28 Days of ‘Sankofa,'” an event series where select cinemas, universities and ...

Although he and his five siblings were raised by notable filmmakers Haile Gerima and Shirikiana Aina, Washington, D.C., native Merawi Gerima didn’t grow up dreaming of following in his parents’ ...

The director, an eminence of American and African indie cinema, is being recognized by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and Netflix. But he has long rejected the industry. By Devika Girish Haile ...

The iconoclastic filmmaker, whose career spans five decades, reflects on his "lifetime struggle" to survive in an environment that insists on him being anything but himself. The Haile Gerima story is ...