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Q&A: Haile Gerima and Aaron Arefe


December 18, 2008 Director of several of the best-known African films ever to screen in the West, Howard University film professor, wit, maverick, impassioned critic of Hollywood, grumpy old man, warm soul -- all these descriptions seem to fit Haile Gerima. THR Asia editor Jonathan Landreth met up with Gerima, 62, and his 28-year-old "Teza" star Aaron Arefe to talk about African filmmaking. From the first seed money I received from WDR- Arte Television in February 1993, it's taken a lifetime.

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