Hairat
Out of the darkness, just outside the walls of the Ethiopian city Harar, a man calls several names. The small beam of a flashlight finds a group of spotted hyenas. Elias Shagiz Adonay Tesfaye’s poem about love and loss sounds almost like a lament on top of the black-and-white images.
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Mahogany Too
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La bouche
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Who Am I?
“Through the eyes of children, an enlightened voice is given to the tribal and religious fissures that are growing in Kenyan society.”(Nick Redding)
Film details
- Productielanden
- Ethiopia, Mexico, USA
- Jaar
- 2017
- Festivaleditie
- IFFR 2018
- Lengte
- 7'
- Medium/Formaat
- DCP
