Jamaa Fanaka
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 6, 1942
- Place of birth
- Jackson, Mississippi, USA
- Died
- April 1, 2012
Biography
Jamaa Fanaka was an American filmmaker. He is best known for his 1979 film, Penitentiary, and is one of the leading directors of the L.A. Rebellion film movement. The L.A. Rebellion film movement, sometimes referred to as the "Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers", or the UCLA Rebellion, refers to the new generation of young African and African-American filmmakers who studied at the UCLA Film School in the late-1960s to the late-1980s and have created a quality Black Cinema that provides an alternative to classical Hollywood cinema. Fanaka died on April 1, 2012.
Movies with Jamaa Fanaka
Movies directed by Jamaa Fanaka
- Penitentiary 1979 · ★ 5.3
- Penitentiary II 1982 · ★ 4.4
- Welcome Home Brother Charles 1975 · ★ 4.9
- Penitentiary III 1987 · ★ 5.2
- Emma Mae 1976 · ★ 5.8
- Street Wars 1991 · ★ 5.3
- A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan 1972