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Repost from @findingsally_doc I spent a lot of time in the Addis Ababa, Red Terror Martyrs’ Memorial Museum, going through their archives specifically the Derg’s propaganda magazines, The Dawn () and Revolutionary Ethiopia ( ),... which proclaimed the glory of the revolution in essays and Soviet-era socialist realism style drawings. __ Creative Direction/Graphic Designer: Pablo Parra @heyfungi Music from FINDING SALLY's film score, including a sample from an old patriotic war song by Yirga Dubale. #Ethiopia #EthiopianHistory #Derg #NeverEverAgain

Ethiopian filmmakers : Save the date! On January 18, we'll start accepting applications for DW Akademie's new Film Development Fund for Ethiopia. Find out m...ore about the fund, its requirements and the application process here: https://akademie.dw.com/filmfund/ The fund is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

"The movie opens with the image of an old lady getting slowly out of a car and making her way to another elderly woman....Before long, there are tears. The two ...ladies console each other, embracing the other warmly while making their way into the house. "The past is over," the one woman says to the other, setting the tone for the rest of the film." - DW The moving opening scenes of Finding Sally were captured by Ethiopian cinematographer Eskinder Fasil

A filmmaker investigates the mysterious life of her aunt Sally, an Ethiopian woman from an upper-class family who became a communist rebel and disappeared after the 1970s revolution in her country. Finding Selam by Tamara Mariam Dawit: aje.io/FindingSelam