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 ...

Haile Gerima left Hollywood long ago. Part of a group of 1970s UCLA film students who came to be known as the LA Rebellion for their refusal to adhere to the mainstream film industry’s storytelling ...

Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima, best known as a pioneer of the L.A. Rebellion movement, held court this afternoon in the Delphi-Filmpalast following the debut screening of Black Lions – Roman Wolves ...

Interview by Pamela Woolford with Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima. The discussion centers on Gerima's new film, Sankofa, a parable of African American enslavement and resistance. siris_sil_505176 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Filmmaker Haile Gerima is having a long overdue moment and he’s a little confl icted about it. The 75-year-old director of “Bush Mama” and “Ashes and Embers” has proudly operated outside of mainstream ...

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 ...

Yesterday, we began our three-part interview with filmmaker Haile Gerima, whose 1982 film, Ashes and Embers, is being digitally restored and re-released by filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s distribution ...