The debut feature of Ethiopian director Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, which has Angelina Jolie on board as an executive producer, is headlined by local star Meron Getnet. By Boyd van Hoeij Difret Film ...
There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...
PARK CITY, Utah — When Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, newly arrived in the United States to continue his education, wrote to his father in Ethiopia that he’d decided to study film, the reaction was not ...
In some parts of the world, still nothing is more dangerous to the status quo than an educated woman Based a true story, "Difret" is a powerful drama that is honest and clear-eyed about a teen's ...
Angelina Jolie exec produced Zeresenay Berhane Mehari's debut about the kidnapping of a rural Ethiopian girl. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Angelina Jolie was an executive producer on the ...
The compelling “Difret” is a small film with a lot on its mind. Authentic and affecting, this drama about fighting against the Ethiopian tradition of abducting young girls into marriage is potent ...
There is a long-held rural Ethiopian custom of a man kidnapping his bride from her family before their marriage. It's known locally as telefa, and though it's illegal, it impacts around 40 percent of ...
Written and directed by Ethiopian filmmaker Zeresenay Mehari, the drama “Difret” unfolds with striking moral clarity. Its characters are strong — a necessity since the subject matter is downright ...
>> DIFRET WAS ETHIOPIA'S SUBMISSION TO THE ACADEMY AWARDS FOR BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM. WHILE IT DIDN'T MAKE THE SHORT LIST IN HOLLYWOOD, IT HAS WON AUDIENCE AWARDS AT SUNDANCE AND THE BERLIN FILM ...
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Illuminating a tradition in much of rural Ethiopia that grossly violates the rights of women and girls, “Difret” presents an important message, albeit in rather clunky narrative terms. More showing ...
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