Zeresenay berhane mehari biography of barack
Born and raised in Ethiopia, Mehari moved to the U.S. to attend film school....
Zeresenay “Zee” Berhane Mehari is an award-winning writer/director born and raised in Ethiopia.
Zeresenay Berhane Mehari • Director of Sweetness in the Belly
- Cineuropa spoke to Zeresenay Berhane Mehari about various aspects of Sweetness in the Belly, his adaptation of the Camilla Gibb book
Zeresenay Berhane Mehari is an Ethiopian-born filmmaker, whose first feature, Difret, about forced marriages, won audience awards at Sundance and Berlin.
His sophomore film, Sweetness in the Belly [+see also:
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Ejected from the country, she seeks refuge in Britain, where she helps Ethiopians unite with their families.
Cineuropa: When did you first hear about the book?
Zeresenay Berhane Mehari: I actually heard about the script first.
I was at the Berlin Film Festival with D