Haile Gerima Movies

  • 2008
    Teza

    Teza

    Teza

    7.62008HD

    The Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native country during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu and the...

    Teza
  • 1993
    Sankofa

    Sankofa

    Sankofa

    61993HD

    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...

    Sankofa
  • 1975
    Harvest: 3,000 Years

    Harvest: 3,000 Years

    Harvest: 3,000 Years

    6.71975HD

    In this meditative film the everyday lives of poor Ethiopian peasants are shown using documentary as well as storytelling techniques, with its drama...

    Harvest: 3,000 Years
  • 2013
    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    5.22013HD

    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...

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded
  • 1999
    Adwa

    Adwa

    Adwa

    6.51999HD

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

    Adwa
  • 1970
    The Maroons

    The Maroons

    The Maroons

    01970HD

    A film about the Maroons—freed or escaped slaves that created their own communities during slavery. Both stories are examples of Gerima’s...

    The Maroons
  • 1994
    Imperfect Journey

    Imperfect Journey

    Imperfect Journey

    51994HD

    Haile Gerima and Ryszard Kapuscinski travel around Ethiopia talking to people about their current situations and what needs to be done for a...

    Imperfect Journey
  • 1982
    Ashes and Embers

    Ashes and Embers

    Ashes and Embers

    6.91982HD

    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...

    Ashes and Embers
  • 1973
    Child of Resistance

    Child of Resistance

    Child of Resistance

    01973HD

    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...

    Child of Resistance
  • 1979
    Bush Mama

    Bush Mama

    Bush Mama

    6.81979HD

    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...

    Bush Mama
  • 1971
    Hour Glass

    Hour Glass

    Hour Glass

    6.51971HD

    In the midst of the Black consciousness movement, a basketball player imagines his profession to that of a gladiator. After a series of reflections...

    Hour Glass
  • 2017
    Footprints of Pan-Africanism

    Footprints of Pan-Africanism

    Footprints of Pan-Africanism

    82017HD

    In 1957, Ghana was the first African country to become independent of its colonial rulers, in this case the British. Kwame Nkrumah, the first...

    Footprints of Pan-Africanism
  • 1979
    Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000

    Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000

    Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000

    01979HD

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

    Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000
  • 1988
    Ouaga

    Ouaga

    Ouaga

    01988HD

    Ouaga