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Harvest: 3,000 Years

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Director
  
Haile Gerima

Language
  
Amharic, English

7/10
IMDb

Country
  
Ethiopia

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Release date
  
1976

Mirt Sost Shi Amit (Harvest: 3,000 Years) is a 1976 Ethiopian film directed by Haile Gerima.

Contents

In this meditative film, the everyday lives of poor Ethiopian peasants are shown using documentary as well as storytelling techniques, and the drama arises out of the timeless but still contemporary issues of their lives.

Plot summary

For the production of Mirt Sost Shi Amit (Harvest: 3,000 Years) Gerima returned to his native Ethiopia to produce the tale of a poor peasant family who eke out an existence within a brutal, exploitative, and feudal system of labor.

Cast

  • Kasu Asfaw ... Mother
  • Gebru Kasa
  • Worke Kasa ... Daughter
  • Melaku Makonen ... Father
  • Adane Melaku ... Son
  • Harege-Weyn Tafere ... Grandmother

    • References

    Harvest: 3,000 Years Wikipedia
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    Harvest: 3,000 Years IMDb Harvest: 3,000 Years themoviedb.org