Jamaa Fanaka
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.
Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 3.48 |
Birthday | 1942-09-06 |
Place of Birth | Jackson, Mississippi, USA |
Also Known As | Walt Gordon, Walter Gordon, |
1972
A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan
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Jamaa Fanaka’s first project plays off the Blaxploitation’s genre conventions, an adaption of Goethe’s “Faust” presented with a non-synchronous soundt...
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A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan
2004
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
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Written, directed, and produced by David Walker, MACKED, HAMMERED, SLAUGHTERED, & SHAFTED is an insightful examination of the blaxploitation film move...
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