Seven minutes to watch three generations of Ethiopian womanhood pour into one coffee cup.
A family history archive as told by matriarch Azalu Mekonnen and her granddaughter Samira Hooks.
Direction
Abegaze captures domestic space as sacred museum.
Editing
Seamless braid of 16mm archival and present-day intimacy.
Director
Nesanet Teshager Abegaze
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Ethiopian coffee ceremony (jebena buna) traditionally takes hours and symbolizes community transformation — compressing it to seven minutes is itself a diasporic act.
Director Nesanet Teshager Abegaze is also a poet; this film premiered at Sundance before she completed her MFA at CalArts.
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