African landscape 2009 / Director: Haile Gerima
Teza
Haile Gerima ambitiously attempts to put his native country’s tragic recent history into context in the sprawling ”Teza”, which follows an Ethiopian intellectual through exile in Germany and return to his home village during the turbulent early years of the Marxist regime. Taking place over three decades, this may be modestly-budgeted but it is also handsome, intelligent and watchable. ”Teza” is an obvious festival choice, but it could also fi nd a receptive audience in the African diaspora and select arthouse – this is ostensibly about Ethiopia, but it tells the sad story of much of the continent, then and now.
– FIONNUALA HALLIGAN, SCREEN DAILY
Ethiopia (2008)
Duration: 140 min
Dialogue: English, Amharic
Subtitles: English
Duration: 140 min
Dialogue: English, Amharic
Subtitles: English







