Jamaa Fanaka

Academy Museum and Filmmaker Ben Caldwell Host ‘Documenting a Movement’

Rodd A. Amos, Contributing WriterJanuary 11, 2024

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy on Monday, January 15, through two impactful films, “The March” (1964) and “The Bus” (1965), showcasing the 1963 March on Washington for jobs and freedom.

A Leader Without Authority: The Jamaa Fanaka Story

Zon D’Amour, Contributing WriterSeptember 1, 2022

In a day and age in which up-and-coming filmmakers aspire to be the next Spike Lee, John Singleton, or Ryan Coogler, many are unaware that their forefather was Jamaa Fanaka. Once heralded as “The most famous unknown filmmaker in America” by Turner Movie Classics, Fanaka was a preeminent auteur (writer, director, producer) in the 1970s and ‘80s.