Jamaa Fanaka(1942-2012)

Director
Writer
Producer

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Jamaa Fanaka

Jamaa Fanaka was born on 6 September 1942 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Welcome Home Brother Charles (1975), Street Wars (1991) and Pénitencier (1979). He died on 1 April 2012 in South Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Known for

Marlo Monte in Welcome Home Brother Charles (1975)

Welcome Home Brother Charles

4.9

Director(as Jamaa-Fanaka)

1975

Street Wars (1991)

4.5

Director

1991

Leon Isaac Kennedy in Pénitencier (1979)

5.7

Director

1979

Ernie Hudson, Mr. T, Leon Isaac Kennedy, and Eugenia Wright in Le défi du tigre (1982)

Le défi du tigre

4.4

Director

1982

Credits

Director

Street Wars
4.5
- Director
- 1991
Pénitencier III
4.4
- Director
- 1987
Le défi du tigre
4.4
- Director
- 1982
Pénitencier
5.7
- Director
- 1979
Emma Mae
6.2
- Director
- 1976
Welcome Home Brother Charles
4.9
- Director (as Jamaa-Fanaka)
- 1975
A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan
6.7
Short
- Director (as Walt Gordon)
- 1972

Writer

Producer

Personal details

Alternative names
- Walter Gordon
Born
- September 6, 1942
- Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Died
- April 1, 2012
- South Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA(complications from diabetes)
Other works
Contributed to the book Gods In Spandex, Or, A Survivors' Account Of 80's Cinema Obscura (Succubus Press/2007).
Publicity listings
- 1 Print Biography
- 1 Article

Did you know

Trivia
He was a member of the L.A. Rebellion, a group of African American U.C.L.A. film school graduates who came of age in the late 1970s in the era of the so-called Blaxploitation era. The group's defining aesthetic was to move beyond the pimp stereotypes and funk soundtracks in film portrayals of African Americans.

Quotes
I exposed the Achilles' hell of Hollywood.

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When did Jamaa Fanaka die?
April 1, 2012
How did Jamaa Fanaka die?
Complications from diabetes
How old was Jamaa Fanaka when he died?
69 years old
Where did Jamaa Fanaka die?
South Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
When was Jamaa Fanaka born?
September 6, 1942

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