Jamaa Fanaka (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Jamaa Fanaka

Looking for reviews of films directed by Jamaa Fanaka? Cinafilm has a total of 19 reviews across 3 movies directed by Jamaa Fanaka.

Movies from this director have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average rating of 53%.

Street Wars is Jamaa Fanaka's highest rated movie, with a score of 60% based on 1 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Jamaa Fanaka is Welcome Home Brother Charles, with a score of 45% based on 7 reviews.

Director Biography

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.

Jamaa Fanaka has directed films starring Bruce Glover, Mel Novak, Badja Djola and Reatha Grey.