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Jamaa Fanaka

Jamaa Fanaka

Actor, Director, Producer

Born September 6, 1942 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA

Died April 1, 2012

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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.

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Filmography

Actor

7

Type

Year

Masters of the Grind Poster

Masters of the Grind Feature Film2023Self

In the Raw Video2018Self

Spirits of Rebellion: Black Film at UCLA Documentary2016Self

Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted Poster

Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted Documentary2004Self

E! True Hollywood Story Poster

E! True Hollywood Story TV Series1996Self

Penitentiary Poster

Penitentiary Feature Film19792nd Male in Restroom

A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan Poster

A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan Short Film1972

Director

7

Type

Year

Street Wars Poster

Street Wars Feature Film1991

Penitentiary III Poster

Penitentiary III Feature Film1987

Penitentiary II Poster

Penitentiary II Feature Film1982

Penitentiary Poster

Penitentiary Feature Film1979

Emma Mae Poster

Emma Mae Feature Film1976

Welcome Home Brother Charles Poster

Welcome Home Brother Charles Feature Film1975

A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan Poster

A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan Short Film1972

Producer

7

Type

Year

Street Wars Poster

Street Wars Feature Film1991

Penitentiary III Poster

Penitentiary III Feature Film1987

Penitentiary II Poster

Penitentiary II Feature Film1982

Penitentiary Poster

Penitentiary Feature Film1979

Emma Mae Poster

Emma Mae Feature Film1976

Welcome Home Brother Charles Poster

Welcome Home Brother Charles Feature Film1975

A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan Poster

A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan Short Film1972

Writer

7

Type

Year

Street Wars Poster

Street Wars Feature Film1991

Penitentiary III Poster

Penitentiary III Feature Film1987

Penitentiary II Poster

Penitentiary II Feature Film1982

Penitentiary Poster

Penitentiary Feature Film1979

Emma Mae Poster

Emma Mae Feature Film1976

Welcome Home Brother Charles Poster

Welcome Home Brother Charles Feature Film1975

A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan Poster

A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan Short Film1972

Editor

2

Type

Year

Welcome Home Brother Charles Poster

Welcome Home Brother Charles Feature Film1975

A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan Poster

A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan Short Film1972

Music Department

1

Welcome Home Brother Charles Poster

Welcome Home Brother Charles Feature Film1975

Thanks

1

My Dinner with A.J. Poster

My Dinner with A.J. Feature Film2011

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