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Written by Elias Wondimu
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Saturday, 02 June 2007 |
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Directed and Produced by Haile Gerima
Production Manager: Solomon Bekele
Director of Cinematography: Agustin Cubano
Sound: Albert Bailey
Traditional music arrangement: Mulatu Astatke
Graphic Design: Robel KassaWeb
Design & Subtitles: Teddy Desta
Duration: 97minutes
Description/Synopsis:
On March 2, 1896, the Italians embarked on the final European conquest of an African nation, Ethiopia. With brilliant military intelligence and gallant generals at the helm, united and willed, the Ethiopian people rose their way to triumph over the Italians at the Battle of Adwa. The event ignited a lasting flame of hope, of freedom and independence in the hearts of African throughout the world. Adwa: An African Victory takes you through a transforming rite of passage linking contemporary Africans in Africa and the Diaspora with the early founders of the Pan-African movement.
Haile Gerima, the director and producer of this important historic landmark, joins the voices of Ethiopian historians, elders, priests, poets and singers, capturing on film the powerful education and experience that shaped his consciousness. In a collage of Ethiopian landscapes, paintings, photographs and faces, the film illuminates one of the hidden sources of African empowerment.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 02 June 2007 )
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Adwa
