(Ferenj)

Content: “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.

Countries:

United States of America,

Ethiopia

Genres:

Animation

Runtime:

9 minutes

Year:

2020

Directors:

Ainslee Alem Robson

Actors:

Narrator

Crews:

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Graphic Designer