Last night I watched the documentary Somewhere Between. The director, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, went to explore the lives of four teenagers, all of them adopted from China as babies or young children. She wanted to find the answers to future questions her own baby daughter also adopted from China would [...]

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Yesterday I watched the movie A Lot Like You. It’s has been showcased at several festivals recently (and still is) but it has also been chosen by PBS to be broadcasted this month, you can check your local schedule at their website (OPB will show it on Feb.14th). It is also [...]

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I found online a beautiful Ethiopian animated short film called “Hisab” (bill) that narrates the classic Ethiopian folk tale “The dog, the goat, and the donkey”. It’s a stop motion film made by painting on a single surface canvas. The author is Ezra Wube, an Ethiopian artist living in the [...]

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“Homemade football” Angola, 2002. Photo by Tim Hetherington
After 31 years of waiting, the Ethiopian national football (soccer) team has again qualified for the African Cup of Nations. The event will take place next year in South Africa from January 19th to February 10th. The Ethiopian [...]

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