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2021

Emails to My Little Sister

Directed by Solomon Mekonen

2018 – 35'

Synopsis

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.

RAI FILM Festival 2025

The next RAI FILM Festival will take place in person from 27-30 March 2025 at the Watershed Cinema and the Arnolfini International Centre for Contemporary Arts in Bristol (UK) and online throughout the month of April 2025.