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Haile Gerima’s impact on the history of cinema is undeniable. Over the course of his career, which spans more than five decades, he has made it his life’s work to document the Pan-African experience and collective memory through both documentary and fiction film. He trained as an actor in his native Ethiopia before emigrating to the United States and becoming a part of the “L.A. Rebellion” movement of Black filmmakers in the 1970s.

Gerima is the inaugural recipient of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ Vantage Award, an annual recognition that celebrates filmmakers who contextualize and challenge dominant narratives around cinema. He has revolutionized filmmaking—and continues to do so—by expressing the social and political realities of Black communities facing oppression and exploitation while creating a cinematic style all his own.

The Academy Museum is also honoring Gerima with a screening series—Imperfect Journey: Haile Gerima and His Comrades—from Oct. 2 to Nov. 14 that

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Trailblazers of Palestinian cinema have cited his canon as the catalyst to their film career, because Haile Gerima makes images that undercut the violence of power and tells stories that center our dignity.

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