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Bookmark this pageBlood Is Not Fresh Water (1998)
Director: Theo Eshetu
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From Time Out Film Guide
Eshetu's essay on his ancestral homeland of Ethiopia is a melange of travelogue, history and myth. Ostensibly a portrait of the video-maker's grandfather, who held many ministerial posts during the reign of Haile Selassie, this intelligently constructed work is a lyrical exploration of the country which Eshetu terms 'a place of the imagination', yet it also tackles head-on contemporary and historical Eurocentrist assumptions. A vibrant sense of place is caught with visual flair on scant resources.Author: FM
Cast & crew
Director: Theo Eshetu
Producer: Theo Eshetu
Cast: Julian Warde Jones, Rinaldo Rainero, Emma Stowe, Monica Piseddu, Alan Jones full cast
Genre(s): Documentaries
Duration: 57 mins
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