ethiopianfilms.comethiopianfilms.com, a site that supports and promotes Ethiopian films, is pleased to announce its next major venture. Producer/director Yemane I. Demissie and writer Solomon Deressa have collaborated to produce a 100-minute fiction film entitled …and then the rains return. Set in Ethiopia, and based on a true story, this dramatic film tells the story of how a small rural community battled against and survived the Spanish Influenza (Ye Hidar Beshita in Amharic), the worst epidemic in human history, killing nearly 40 million people worldwide. Yemane I. Demissie's works include the critically acclaimed film, Gir-Gir (Tumult), which he wrote, directed and produced, and which has won him numerous awards in the United States, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, and France. Solomon Deressa is a poet and writer of internationally renown, whose most recent works include a collection of poems Zebet Elfitu, published in 1998. Together, they have embarked on the production of a compelling story celebrating Ethiopian courage, resilience and ingenuity. |