Set during the repressive regime of Ethiopian dictator Haile Mariam Mengistu, "Teza" unfolds through the eyes of a German-educated intellectual who returns to his homeland full of naive idealism after ...

Set during the repressive regime of Ethiopian dictator Haile Mariam Mengistu, "Teza" unfolds through the eyes of a German-educated intellectual who returns to his homeland full of naive idealism after ...

Few contemporary films burn with the passion of "Teza," Haile Gerima's drama chronicling three decades in the life of an Ethiopian man anguished by his country's social and political crises. By The ...

Addis Ababa — Haile Gerima's film "Teza" may only have come to the world's attention when it won Africa's highest prize in Ouagadougou on Mar. 7, but it has been a sensation in his native Ethiopia ...

Haile Gerima’s “Teza” throws you in the deep end and cares little if you swim. The scope of its events is epic; its perception epically narrow. It’s a fragmented view of about 20 years of extremely ...

It’s all in the eyes. Remember that as you watch “Teza.” Written and directed by the Ethiopian-born filmmaker Haile Gerima (“Sankofa,” “Ashes and Embers”) over more than a decade, this film is an ...

A film set in Ethiopia about a bloodthirsty regime under which political dissidents and village children alike were ruthlessly killed has won best movie award at Africa's top film festival. By Reuters ...

WASHINGTON Among the courses Haile Gerima teaches at Howard University is one called “Film and Social Change.” But for Mr. Gerima, an Ethiopian director and screenwriter who has lived here since the ...

A film about Ethiopia under the rule of dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam has won the top prize at the African film and television festival in Burkina Faso. The film Teza by Ethiopian-born director Haile ...

The film reflects on the effects of the fall of Emperor Selassie, and the ways in which political upheaval and social change have impacted cultures and nations across the larger African Diaspora. Told ...

Festival screened over 100 African films from by dozens of respected filmmakers and producers from Europe and Africa. Teza, from the director Haile Gerima, took the top prize at this years Tarifa ...