Director
Jamaa Fanaka
84 years · Jackson, Mississippi, USA · 8 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 8
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
2004 · Self
Street Wars
1991 · Director, Writer
Penitentiary III
1987 · Director, Producer
On Mometu
Penitentiary II
1982 · Director, Writer
On fuboTV
Penitentiary
1979 · Director, Writer
On fuboTV
Emma Mae
1976 · Director, Writer
On Mometu
Welcome Home Brother Charles
1975 · Director, Writer
On Plex
A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan
1972 · Actor, Director