海尔·格里玛

Haile Gerima, born in 1946 in Gondar, Ethiopia, studied filmmaking at UCLA, where he became associated with the L.A. Rebellion movement, earning international acclaim for films such as Bush Mama (1976), Harvest: 3,000 Years (1976), and Ashes and Embers (1982). With his wife, the filmmaker Shirikiana Aina, he co-founded the distribution company Mypheduh Films and the production company Negodwad Productions, and later opened Sankofa Video, Books & Café in Washington D.C. He is Professor Emeritus at Howard University and continues to lecture and give workshops in the U.S. and internationally.