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Visiting Ethiopian director on race, film in America

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An Ethiopian filmmaker whose films deal with themes of displacement and powerlessness is in East Lansing this week. Haile Gerima is best known as the director of "Sankofa", and his most recent film, "Teza", will be shown along with an earlier work, "Bush Mama", over the next few days.Current State’s Melissa Benmark caught up with him this week to talk about how he came to America in the 1960s.

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