Red Leaves
New York African Film Festival 2015
May 6 - 12, 2015
Centerpiece | U.S. Premiere | Q&A with Bazi Gete
After losing his wife, Meseganio sets out on a journey leading him through his children’s homes and realizes that, having immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia 28 years ago, he belongs to a rapidly disappearing class that believes in retaining Ethiopian culture.
Centerpiece | U.S. Premiere | Q&A with Bazi Gete
Seventy-four-year-old Meseganio Tadela immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia with his family 28 years ago. He chooses to zealously retain his culture, and in effect talks very little and hardly speaks Hebrew. After losing his wife, Meseganio sets out on a journey that leads him through his children’s homes. As the harsh reality begins to hit him that he belongs to a rapidly disappearing class that believes in preserving Ethiopian culture, he struggles to survive according to his own rules. U.S. Premiere
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