Jamaa Fanaka
- Professione
- Regia
- Nascita
- 6 settembre 1942
- Luogo di nascita
- Jackson, Mississippi, USA
- Morte
- 1 aprile 2012
Biografia
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.
Film con Jamaa Fanaka
Film diretti da Jamaa Fanaka
- Penitentiary 1979 · ★ 5.3
- Welcome Home Brother Charles 1975 · ★ 5.1
- Penitentiary II 1982 · ★ 4.4
- 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