Merawi Gerima
Directing
Biography
Merawi Gerima, is a filmmaker from Washington DC. This origin informs his work and his community-centered orientation. "Residue", his first feature, was a total communal endeavor, made possible primarily by the effort of the people it attempts to portray. At the very least, it is an archive of their existence which stands in defiance of their attempted erasure by gentrification.
Known For
Follow a teen girl’s journey from her small northwestern town to the heights of the multiverse. When a supernatural event shakes her hometown to the core, Naomi sets out to uncover its origins, and what she discovers will challenge everything we believe about our heroes
Naomi
A successful but embattled Black entrepreneur, Leo Marks, turns to violence against perceived traitors in his media company as his control slips, culminating in a tragic showdown that explores themes of power, betrayal, and legacy.
Moodswing Whiskey
Tristan and Malik, two brothers who are five years apart, must face the cruel reality of their relationship after the unexpected death of their father.
Before You Fade Away Into Nothing
A young filmmaker returns home after many years away, to write a script about his childhood, only to find his neighborhood unrecognizable and his childhood friends scattered to the wind.
Residue
Alejandra is a criminalized organizer fighting against abortion restrictions and mass incarceration, but she is also facing deportation, leading to the biggest battle of her life. As her court case draws near, she reckons with a past mistake and holes in the US legal system.
Ale Libre
In a dystopian future where people live nocturnally to avoid the harmful rays of the sun, a young black girl unravels the lie that has kept her and her sister in the dark.
They Charge for the Sun
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They Can Do No Wrong
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Heart
Through the spirit of an ancestor, a woman finds her way back to the source of her joy. On her journey, she discovers the importance of passing tradition forward.
The Ville
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Fire Under the Leaves
The story is focused around Washington Dc in the life of three young African American childhood friends, as they deal with their friendship, relationships and social predicaments in the span of a long weekend.
Secret City Bluz
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Riot
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Riptide
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Lifeline
A solitary woman that lives in a nursing home faces the now demented man that decades ago broke her heart.
Broken
A recovering junkie contemplates having an abortion while seeking help from her estranged father.
Lark
Iman and The Light Warriors is a magical realism story about the power of pure love and a community banding together to empower a young king through emotional intelligence.
Iman and the Light Warriors
Edge of Red is an interdisciplinary, non-linear, narrative and dance short film that follows Leaf, a curious yet impressionable 6-year-old girl, on her journey through joy, sadness, confusion and enlightenment as she tries to make sense of her identity as it relates to her proximity to death, her family, environment and connection to the Spiritual plane.
Edge of Red
A desensitized immigration officer gets a case that forces him to reconcile with his humanity.