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Difret, writer/director, Zeresenay Berhane Mehari

Label
Difret, writer/director, Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Difret
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
933252498
Responsibility statement
writer/director, Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
Runtime
99
Summary
An award-winning drama based on the inspirational true story of a young Ethiopian girl and a tenacious lawyer embroiled in a life-or-death clash between cultural traditions and their country's advancement of equal rights. When 14-year-old Hirut is abducted in her rural village's tradition of kidnapping women for marriage, she fights back, accidentally killing her captor and intended husband
Technique
live action
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