"Youths of Shasha," a documentary about a group of international artists, who call Shashamane, Ethiopia their home, is part of the 2014 Sheba Film Festival. (Photograph: Courtesy youthsofshasha.com)
Tadias Magazine
Events News
Published: Monday, April 21st, 2014
New York (TADIAS) — The 11th annual Sheba Film Festival will start on May 27th at the JCC in Manhattan with the screening of To Be Like Avi (Directed by Inbal Shprinzak), which is a coming-of-age story of three friends who fled Africa leaving their families behind and dream of following Avi – the only refugee who obtained Israeli citizenship and joined the IDF.
The festival, which is organized by the Beta Israel of North America Foundation (BINA), will also include the showing of the documentary Youths of Shasha, which is filmed in the Ethiopian town of Shashamane as young teenagers of various cultural heritages come together to work on their dream of building a music studio. It is a “place where ancient tribal cultures and religions collide with an emerging modernity, where diverse ethnicities live alongside each other struggling to maintain their individual traditions while embracing a wider sense of national identity.”
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