Set during the time of the Red Terror war in 1970’s in Ethiopia, when the country’s political tyranny created a huge population of refugees searching for an escape. Based on a true story, MY LOVE ETHIOPIA follows the turbulent and mystical journey of a young girl searching for freedom after being separated from her family.
Language: Amharic
Subtitles: Italian
Director
Gabrielle Tesfaye
Interdisciplinary artist versed in painting, animation, film, puppetry and interactive installation. She was raised in the US as a first-generation, to an Ethiopian father and mixed-heritage Jamaican mother. Her research is rooted in African diaspora, Afro-futurism and cultural storytelling.
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