Teza / Negodgwad Productions ; Pandora Film ; in co-production with Unlimited and Westdeutscher Rundfunk [and others] present ; a film by Haile Gerima & the makers of SANKOFA ; written and directed by Haile Gerima ; produced by Haile Gerima and Karl Baumgartner.
Aaron Arefe, Abeye Tedla, Takelech Beyene, Teje Tesfahun, Nebiyu Baye, Mengistu Zelalem, Wuhib Bayu, Zenahbezu Tsega, Asrate Abrham, Araba Evelyn Johnston-Arthur, Veronika Avraham. Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2008. Includes as a bonus interviews by Walter Ruggle with the director (in English) and Araba Evelyn Johnston-Arthur (in German). Aspect ratio 16:9.
Summary:
After several years studying medicine in Germany, Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his Ethiopia during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu. His dream of improving the health of Ethiopians squashed by the military junta that exploits scientists for its own political ends, he must decide whether he wants to bear the strain or piece together a life from the fragments lying around him.
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