'Fig Tree,' writer-director Aalam-Warqe Davidian's tragic love story set during the Ethiopian Civil War, is unbalanced by grimness. By Keith Uhlich “Life here is hell, but we have to beat hell, don’t ...

The “Princess of Africa” sings a song by “Mama Africa” under a fig tree. According to Meskel Square, it could only happen in Ethiopia. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest ...

16-year-old, Jewish Mina, is trying to navigate between a surreal routine dictated by the civil war in Ethiopia and her last days of youth with her Christian boyfriend Eli. When she discovers that her ...

Film festivals are often criticized for giving black storytelling short shrift, but the TIFF lineup offers eight features from seven countries. Ethiopia, September 1974, Emperor Haile Selassie was ...

It’s a question integral to much of the current international immigration debate: When war breaks out, who gets to flee and who’s left with nowhere to run? As a child, writer-director Aalam-Warqe ...

14 year old Jewish Mina, is trying to navigate between a surreal routine dictated by the civil war in Ethiopia and her last days of youth with her Christian boyfriend Eli. When she discovers that her ...