Film Review : A Powerful Documentary from Three Women | Ethiopian News | ZeHabesha
By: Berhane Tadese Date: 05/02/2021 Produced by Liya Kebede and directed by Christopher Chambers, the documentary “A Fire Within” presents a true story of three Ethiopian women who took on their torturer from the Derg regime, a military junta that ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1991. The film was featured at the 45th annual Atlanta Film Festival. The three Ethiopian women are Edgegayehu “Edge” Taye, Elizabeth Demissie, and Hirut Abebe. After being jailed and tortured in their pre-teen and teenage years by Kelbessa Negewo, a Derg official nicknamed the “The Nightmare of Addis Abeba...
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