Emails to My Little Sister
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2018 / 35 minutes

Directed by
Solomon Mekonen
Anthropologist
Country of production
Germany
Series
Decolonising Shorts

An autoethnographic phenomenology of blackness in Berlin via Ethiopia. The film explores the historical and ongoing relationship between the so-called West and Africa. A brother who lives north of the Mediterranean and a sister south of it discover what that relationship entails and how it affects and shapes their lives.

This film is part of the collected DVD entitled "Decolonising". Please click on the "Decolonising shorts" button above for the complete list of films included in the collection.

In the 2021 RAI Film Fest
Language and subtitles
Original version with English subtitles
Location(s) depicted
Region
Western Europe North and Northeast Africa
Country
Germany
Ethiopia
Keywords
Migration Race / Racism / Antiracism Colonialism / Postcolonialism Reflexivity