Catbird film presents a personal investigation into the life and disappearance of the director’s aunt Sally, an Ethiopian aristocrat-turned-communist-rebel.
Official Trailer: Finding Sally is a personal investigation into the mysterious life of the director’s aunt Sally, an Ethiopian aristocrat-turned-communist-rebel who disappeared during the Ethiopian Revolution. https://t.co/c9QKVtk2eU
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Tamara joins us for a post-screening Q&A this Sunday July 23 at 7:30pm to discuss making a film about the aunt she never knew she had—more relevant than ever at a time when Ethiopia is going through dramatic political changes once again.
Free for members: https://t.co/IWfBf6x1yI
How did a 23-year-old diplomat’s daughter become a rebel with the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party and land on the junta’s most-wanted list?
40 years after her aunt Sally’s disappearance, director Tamara Mariam Dawit delves into the mystery.
https://t.co/IWfBf6x1yI
Finding Sally: A personal investigation into the mysterious life of the director's Aunt Sally, an Ethiopian aristocrat-turned-communist-rebel who disappeared after the revolution.
🎟️: https://t.co/IWfBf6x1yI
@findingsallydoc
Summer Screenings. These will be the first in-person screenings in Canada with the director attending.
Winnipeg: July 9th, 7pm
w/ @WinnipegFilm
https://t.co/8lQWbd7QvH
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.
Watch Finding Selam here: https://t.co/n5YvXf08Yz
@findingsallydoc tells the story of a young female communist rebel in Ethiopia✊ She landed on her country’s most wanted list. This the story of the mysterious life of Sally. Get tickets for our cinema screening or watch the film NOW online! ➡️https://t.co/jzfeH4jjC8
This sunday on March 2⃣0⃣ we screen @findingsallydoc about a young woman who became a communist rebel in Ethiopia and her fight for her ideals & beliefs ✊ Decades after her disappearance, Tamara pieces together the mysterious life of her Aunt Sally.
➡️https://t.co/jzfeH4jjC8
« J’ai ensuite sélectionné @findingsallydoc de Tamara Dawit qui représente pour moi le cinéma africain contemporain où les cinéastes parlent de leur point de vue et de leurs expériences personnelles. »
- Mandisa Zitha
#cinemadureel
@gobezmedia
Tamara Mariam Dawit (@gobezmedia) is an Ethiopian-Canadian producer and director. Her most recent film is the award-winning documentary Finding Sally which premiered in 2020 at Hot Docs.
Want to learn more about her? Visit https://t.co/UUtgZIDfos
A reminder that the @hotdocs Black Light programme is incredible. Have you watched @findingsallydoc by Toronto filmmaker Tamara Dawit (@gobezmedia) yet? The director journeys to Ethiopia to solve a family mystery - go with her. https://t.co/JtT3Z6zKtC #BlackHistoryMonth
DOC Vanguard recipient Tamara (@gobezmedia) brings a welcome diasporic perspective to the program, based as she is between Ethiopia and Toronto. In addition to her directing exploits, Tamara is a co-founder of the @RE_MCorg.
Black Light is part of @hotdocs#ForViola series that centres BIPOC filmmakers & stories. The collection features 6 films that are FREE to stream this month, including incredible doc 'Finding Sally' by Toronto filmmaker @gobezmedia. https://t.co/JtT3Z6zKtC #BlackHistoryMonth
FEB 1-28: DOC Institute & @hotdocs present 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩: 𝘼 𝘾𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙁𝙞𝙡𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨, a series of six docs by leading Black documentary voices in Canada, available to stream for free. https://t.co/qnj50QLku6