FINDING SALLY (À LA RECHERCHE DE SALLY) raconte l’incroyable histoire d’une femme de 23 ans issue d’une famille de la classe supérieure et devenue rebelle communiste au sein du Parti révolutionnaire du peuple éthiopien. Idéaliste et amoureuse, Sally a été prise dans la ferveur révolutionnaire de son pays et a atterri sur la liste des personnes les plus recherchées par le gouvernement militaire. Elle est entrée dans la clandestinité et sa famille ne l’a plus jamais revue.

un film de Tamara Mariam DAWIT

Éthiopie, 2020, Documentaire, 1h18, en anglais / amharique

FINDING SALLY | Official Trailer from Catbird Productions on Vimeo.

Type : Documentaire
Langues : Anglais, Amharique
Année : 2020
Durée : 78 min (1h18)
Pays : Éthiopie

Productrice : Tamara Dawit

Réalisatrice : Tamara Dawit
Scénariste : Tamara Dawit

Production : Gobez Media (Ethiopie / Canada)

World Sales: Rise and Shine
Screening Information: www.findingsally.com

* sélectionné pour l’Afrika Film Festival de Cologne 2021

FINDING SALLY tells the incredible story of a 23-year-old woman from an upper-class family who became a communist rebel with the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party. Idealistic and in love, Sally got caught up in her country’s revolutionary fervour and landed on the military government’s most wanted list. She went underground, and her family never saw her again.
A personal investigation into the mysterious life of the director’s aunt Sally, an Ethiopian aristocrat-turned-communist-rebel who disappeared during the Ethiopian Revolution.

a film by Tamara Mariam DAWIT

Ethiopia, 2020, Feature Documentary, 1h18, in English/ Amharic

FINDING SALLY | Official Trailer from Catbird Productions on Vimeo.

Original Title: FINDING SALLY
Type: Feature Documentary
Languages: English, Amharic
Year: 2020
Running time: 78′
Country: Ethiopia

Producer: Tamara Dawit

Director: Tamara Dalit
Screenwriter: Tamara Dalit

Production : Gobez Media (Ethiopia / Canada)

World Sales: Rise and Shine
Screening Information: www.findingsally.com

Stream in Canada on CBC Gem and in the US on AfroPop/PBS

AWARDS:
Adiaha Award for Best Documentary by an African Woman,
Africa Diaspora Film Festival Audience Award,
Gordon Parks Award for Black Excellence

Nominated:
Canadian Screen Award, Best Documentary Program
Selected at the 2021 Afrika Film Festival in Cologne (Germany)

FINDING SALLY conta a incrível história de uma mulher de 23 anos de uma família de classe alta que se tornou rebelde comunista com o Partido Revolucionário do Povo Etíope. Idealista e apaixonada, Sally foi apanhada no fervor revolucionário do seu país e caiu na lista dos mais procurados do governo militar. Foi para a clandestinidade, e a sua família nunca mais a viu.

FINDING SALLY | Official Trailer from Catbird Productions on Vimeo.

FINDING SALLY cuenta la increíble historia de una mujer de 23 años de edad de una familia de clase alta que se convirtió en una rebelde comunista del Partido Revolucionario del Pueblo Etíope. Idealista y enamorada, Sally quedó atrapada en el fervor revolucionario de su país y aterrizó en la lista de los más buscados del gobierno militar. Pasó a la clandestinidad, y su familia nunca la volvió a ver.

FINDING SALLY | Official Trailer from Catbird Productions on Vimeo.