Merawi Gerima
Known for
Directing
Birthplace
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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.
Best known work
Naomi
2022
Residue
2020
Secret City Bluz
They Can Do No Wrong
2011Fire Under the Leaves
2014
Before You Fade Away Into Nothing
2025
Moodswing Whiskey
2026Broken
2017The Dust Trail
2017Riptide
Filmography
TBA
TBA
RiptideSet Decoration
2026
Moodswing Whiskeyas Kieron Mitchell
2025
Before You Fade Away Into Nothingas Radio DJ
2022
2020
ResidueDirector, Writer, Editor, Sound, Producer
2019
Edge of RedBoom Operator, Sound Editor, Sound Recordist
2018
The VilleGaffer
2017
BrokenProducer
2017
The Dust TrailDirector of Photography
2017
Ale LibreCamera Operator
2017
Iman and the Light WarriorsSound, Sound Editor
2016
They Charge for the SunProduction Assistant
2016
LarkGrip
2016
HeartScreenplay, Director
2015
RiotDirector, Screenplay
2015
LifelineDirector, Screenplay, Director of Photography
2014
Fire Under the LeavesDirector, Screenplay, Editor
2011
They Can Do No WrongDirector, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography