CANCELLED: ‘Anbessa’ (Ethiopia/Italy)
July 17, 2019 7 – 9pm
*This event was cancelled due to weather
7PM: Cultural Performances & Food Offerings
Soak in the sounds of opening band Kensari followed by the Nikhil P. Yerawadekar Quartet!
Food will be available from vendor Makina Cafe.
Nightfall: Film begins
Directed by Mo Scarpelli
2019 / 86 mins
Not Rated
Programmed by Rooftop Films
A brand new condominium has shot up in the Ethiopian countryside, pushing farmers off their land for the construction, promising thousands of others a “better” way of life. Anbessa follows one boy caught between the two as he navigates modernization on his own terms in order to survive in a brave new world.
Anbessa is preceded by a short film:
The Orphan / O Órfão (Brazil)
Directed by Carolina Markowicz
2018 / 15 minutes
Programmed by Rooftop Films
FREE • No RSVP required