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SWEEPING ADDIS - THE
STREET SWEEPERS OF ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
DVD (PAL) available on http://www.artfilm.ch/search.php?fulltext=Sweeping+Addis&submit=Search
SWEEPING ADDIS - THE
STREET SWEEPERS OF ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
Addis Ababa, the capital
city of Ethiopia with four million inhabitants, on a rainy day. A glance out
the window of a moving car focuses in on shrouded female figures. With
circumspection and respect filmmaker Corinne Kuenzli, wins the confidence of
these women who sweep the streets and they allow her to film them. In the
privacy of their own four walls, the women remove their coverings, tell their
life stories, speak about their worries and misery but also of their happiness
and wishes for the future. Their intimate accounts are combined with
atmospherically strong images which show the women in their private daily
lives: with their families, celebrating together in honor of the Holy Mary and
during their strenuous work on the dusty streets. The pictures reflecting hard
reality are contrasted by the floating melodies of flutes composed by thiopian
Abegasu Shiota. A multifaceted portrait emerges of four remarkable survival
artists in a land marked by uncertainty and poverty.
PRODUCTION
INFORMATION
Documentary, Switzerland, 2006, Digi
Beta/ Beta SP PAL, 50 Min, colour, 16:9, Stereo
Original Version: Amharic, German,
German subtitles (also available with English subtitles)
English Version: Amharic, English,
English subtitles
French Version: Amharic, French,
French subtitles
Production
and World Rights:
RECK Filmproduktion GmbH
Dienerstrasse 7
CH – 8004 Zürich
T: ++41 (0)44 241 37 63
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