haile gerima

Critical Discussion Transforms Art: Haile Gerima, the L.A. Rebellion, and Cinema as Life

Critical Discussion Transforms Art: Haile Gerima, the L.A. Rebellion, and Cinema as Life

Haile Gerima's Bush Mama remains a critically transformative film, particularly in its most subliminal, yet important, proclamation: the days of separating "art" and "artist" are over. For in Black cinema, those days never existed to begin with.

The Wig Is Off: ‘Bush Mama’ as a Deconstructive Narrative