Comments on: 2009 New African Films Festival Opens http://www.tadias.com/03/19/2009/2009-new-african-films-festival-opens-today/ Ethiopian Business and Lifestyle Fri, 19 Jul 2013 03:21:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=196 By: Matt Andrea http://www.tadias.com/03/19/2009/2009-new-african-films-festival-opens-today/comment-page-1/#comment-6997 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:10:05 +0000 http://www.tadias.com/?p=8544#comment-6997 This aftternoon at the AFI New African Films Festival –

HARVEST 3000 YEARS [Mirt Sost Shi Amit] Sun, Mar 22, 5:45 PM
Shot under extremely difficult circumstances in Ethiopia during the early 1970s right after the overthrow of Haile Selasse, Haile Gerima’s HARVEST 3000 YEARS gives epic treatment to the lives of Ethiopia’s rural peasantry, their struggles against oppression and quest for justice. A wealthy landowner treats his tenant farmers cruelly, but they are afraid to confront him for fear of losing their livelihood. Only the village “madman” is willing to speak truth to power. DIR/SCR/PROD Haile Gerima. Ethiopia, 1975, b&w, 150 min. In English and Amharic with English subtitles.

Venue: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910

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