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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.
Jamaa Fanaka films streaming in the UK
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- Penitentiary III (1987) Director
- Penitentiary II (1982) Director
- Penitentiary (1979) Director
- Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (2004) as Self
- Street Wars (1991) Writer
- Welcome Home Brother Charles (1975) Director
- Emma Mae (1976) Director
- A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan (1972) Producer
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Most-watched Jamaa Fanaka films currently: Penitentiary III (1987), Penitentiary II (1982), Penitentiary (1979), Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (2004), Street Wars (1991).
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