This mini-retrospective is both a celebration of a remarkable filmmaker, a complement to two of The Power Plant’s Winter 2019 exhibitions, and represents co-presentations of five films with the Art Gallery of Ontario, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, and TIFF.
In 1896, Ethiopian forces armed mainly with spears and knives, defeat a well-equipped and organized Italian military bent on colonization. This victory ignited a flame of hope for freedom and independence in the hearts of African people.
Haile Gerima is an independent filmmaker and professor of film at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Born and raised in Ethiopia, Gerima emigrated to the United States in 1967. Following in the footsteps of his father, a dramatist and playwright, Gerima studied acting in Chicago before entering the School of Theater, Film and Television at University of California, Los Angeles where his exposure to Latin American films inspired him to mine his own cultural legacy. He has pursued a rich career as an internationally-recognised maker, producer and distributer of films focused especially on African and African-American themes.
Nicole Brooks, filmmaker, will introduce the film series, and speak about Adwa - An African Victory in the context of Gerima’s career.
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