Haile Gerima

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.

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.

El intelectual etíope Anberber regresa a su país natal durante el represivo régimen totalitario de Haile Mariam Mengistu y el reconocimiento de su propio desplazamiento e impotencia ante la disolución de la humanidad y los valores sociales de su pueblo. Después de varios años de estudiar medicina en Alemania, descubre que el país de su juventud ha sido reemplazado por la confusión. Su sueño de utilizar su oficio para mejorar la salud de los etíopes es aplastado por una junta militar que utiliza científicos para sus propios fines políticos. Al buscar la comodidad de su casa rural, Anberber no encuentra refugio de la violencia. El consuelo que brindan los recuerdos de su juventud es rápidamente reemplazado por las fuerzas rivales de las facciones militares y rebeldes. Anberber debe decidir si quiere soportar la tensión o reconstruir una vida a partir de los fragmentos que se encuentran a su alrededor.

El intelectual etíope Anberber regresa a su país natal durante el represivo régimen totalitario de Haile Mariam Mengistu y el reconocimiento de su propio desplazamiento e impotencia ante la disolución de la humanidad y los valores sociales de su pueblo. Después de varios años de estudiar medicina en Alemania, descubre que el país de su juventud ha sido reemplazado por la confusión. Su sueño de utilizar su oficio para mejorar la salud de los etíopes es aplastado por una junta militar que utiliza científicos para sus propios fines políticos. Al buscar la comodidad de su casa rural, Anberber no encuentra refugio de la violencia. El consuelo que brindan los recuerdos de su juventud es rápidamente reemplazado por las fuerzas rivales de las facciones militares y rebeldes. Anberber debe decidir si quiere soportar la tensión o reconstruir una vida a partir de los fragmentos que se encuentran a su alrededor.

El intelectual etíope Anberber regresa a su país natal durante el represivo régimen totalitario de Haile Mariam Mengistu y el reconocimiento de su propio desplazamiento e impotencia ante la disolución de la humanidad y los valores sociales de su pueblo. Después de varios años de estudiar medicina en Alemania, descubre que el país de su juventud ha sido reemplazado por la confusión. Su sueño de utilizar su oficio para mejorar la salud de los etíopes es aplastado por una junta militar que utiliza científicos para sus propios fines políticos. Al buscar la comodidad de su casa rural, Anberber no encuentra refugio de la violencia. El consuelo que brindan los recuerdos de su juventud es rápidamente reemplazado por las fuerzas rivales de las facciones militares y rebeldes. Anberber debe decidir si quiere soportar la tensión o reconstruir una vida a partir de los fragmentos que se encuentran a su alrededor.

El intelectual etíope Anberber regresa a su país natal durante el represivo régimen totalitario de Haile Mariam Mengistu y el reconocimiento de su propio desplazamiento e impotencia ante la disolución de la humanidad y los valores sociales de su pueblo. Después de varios años de estudiar medicina en Alemania, descubre que el país de su juventud ha sido reemplazado por la confusión. Su sueño de utilizar su oficio para mejorar la salud de los etíopes es aplastado por una junta militar que utiliza científicos para sus propios fines políticos. Al buscar la comodidad de su casa rural, Anberber no encuentra refugio de la violencia. El consuelo que brindan los recuerdos de su juventud es rápidamente reemplazado por las fuerzas rivales de las facciones militares y rebeldes. Anberber debe decidir si quiere soportar la tensión o reconstruir una vida a partir de los fragmentos que se encuentran a su alrededor.

In 1896, Ethiopia, an African nation, largely armed with spears and knives, defeats a well-equipped and organized Italian military bent on colonization.

In 1896, Ethiopia, an African nation, largely armed with spears and knives, defeats a well-equipped and organized Italian military bent on colonization.

In 1896, Ethiopia, an African nation, largely armed with spears and knives, defeats a well-equipped and organized Italian military bent on colonization.

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.

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.

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.

Un egocéntrica modelo afroamericana viaja espiritualmente de vuelta a una plantación de las Indias Occidentales mientras se encuentra posando para un reportaje fotográfico. En su viaje, vive de primera mano los horrores físicos y psíquicos que sufrieron los esclavos, y finalmente, el poder redentor de la comunidad y la rebelión de la que ella se convierte en líder.

Un egocéntrica modelo afroamericana viaja espiritualmente de vuelta a una plantación de las Indias Occidentales mientras se encuentra posando para un reportaje fotográfico. En su viaje, vive de primera mano los horrores físicos y psíquicos que sufrieron los esclavos, y finalmente, el poder redentor de la comunidad y la rebelión de la que ella se convierte en líder.

Un egocéntrica modelo afroamericana viaja espiritualmente de vuelta a una plantación de las Indias Occidentales mientras se encuentra posando para un reportaje fotográfico. En su viaje, vive de primera mano los horrores físicos y psíquicos que sufrieron los esclavos, y finalmente, el poder redentor de la comunidad y la rebelión de la que ella se convierte en líder.

Un egocéntrica modelo afroamericana viaja espiritualmente de vuelta a una plantación de las Indias Occidentales mientras se encuentra posando para un reportaje fotográfico. En su viaje, vive de primera mano los horrores físicos y psíquicos que sufrieron los esclavos, y finalmente, el poder redentor de la comunidad y la rebelión de la que ella se convierte en líder.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A documentary on the Wilmington 10, 9 afro-Americans and 1 white woman who were unjustly imprisoned. 4K digital restoration by the Academy Film Archive released in 2021.

In this meditative film the everyday lives of poor Ethiopian peasants are shown using documentary as well as storytelling techniques, with its drama arising out of the timeless yet persistent issues of their lives.

In this meditative film the everyday lives of poor Ethiopian peasants are shown using documentary as well as storytelling techniques, with its drama arising out of the timeless yet persistent issues of their lives.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.