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Haile Gerima
Filmmaker; leader of the LA Rebellion cinema movement
He made Sankofa — and told every Black person in the diaspora to go back and fetch what they had forgotten.
The rise
Born in Gondar, Ethiopia, Gerima came to the United States to study acting but turned to filmmaking at UCLA, where he became a central figure of the LA Rebellion, a movement of Black and Third World filmmakers who rejected Hollywood conventions.
What they did
The full picture
Why it matters
What citizens said
Afrobarometer Round 9 (2021–2023) — Ethiopia
Trust in president49%
Trust in parliament44%
Trust in courts60%
% who say 'trust somewhat' or 'trust a lot' · Afrobarometer Dispatch No. 891