Adwa

d. Haile Gerima
c. Ethiopia
y. 1999

description:
"Ethiopian-born, Washington, D.C., based director Haile Gerima explores European colonialism from an African perspective, focusing on Ethiopia's legendary victory over a European power at the battle of Adwa in 1896. Led by Emperor Menelik and Empress Taitu along with a loose confederation of tribal kings, Ethiopia managed to thwart Italy's colonial ambitions armed only with lances and spears. This film was screened at the 1999 Venice Film Festival." (AMG)

IMDB... 8.1 (16)
_AMG... 2.5 / 5.0

size: 560MB
qlty: ?
subs: no (Italian)

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