Ferenj

Overview

“Ferenj” is an afrosurreal dreamscape crafted from the director’s reconstructed memories questioning the meaning of home and identity as a mixed-race, Ethiopian-American growing up amidst cultural dissonance. The viewer is guided through fragments of Empress Taytu (her parents’ Ethiopian restaurant in Cleveland, OH) to the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by a speculative one-way conversation between the narrator and Empress Taytu – the restaurant personified as the historic empress. “Ferenj” harnesses photogrammetry as a tool to reclaim the 3D scanned spaces and redefine Robson’s relationship to them on her own terms.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 17, 2020

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America, Ethiopia

Cast

Ainslee Alem Robson,Tewabech Belachew,Spencer Daly,Betelhem Shiferaw,Carl A. Robson,Laure Michelon,Kate Stuteville,Senait Robson,Cole Daly,Melkamayehu Belachew

Director

Ainslee Alem Robson

Writer

Ngozi Monica Cole,Ainslee Alem Robson,Parisa Ahmadi,Nebiyat Demissie,Marisa Adame,Chelsea Frey

Producer

Ainslee Alem Robson,Liam Young

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt11608190