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Finding Sally
Written byTamara Dawit
Directed byTamara Dawit
StarringTsehai Tesfamichael
Abrehet Asefa
Tamara Mariam Dawit
Music byZaki Ibrahim
Country of originCanada
Original languages
Production
ProducerIsabelle Couture
CinematographyAlex Margineanu
EditorMahi Rahgozar
Running time78 minutes
Production companiesCatBird Films
Cinema Politica
Documentary Channel
Gobez Media
Original release
Release30 April 2020 (2020-04-30)

Finding Sally is a 2020 Canadian political autobiographical documentary television film directed by Ethiopian-Canadian director Tamara Mariam Dawit and produced by Isabelle Couture.[1][2] The film received positive reviews from critics.[3][4][5]

The film is based on the mysterious life of the Sally, an Ethiopian aristocrat-turned-communist-rebel.[6] She was the aunt of director Tamara Dawit.[7][8] Sally disappeared after the Ethiopian revolution which lead to the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie.[9] The film has been shot in Ethiopia.[10]

The film had been scheduled to premiere at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival; however, following the cancellation of the festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, it was one of the films selected for CBC Television's special Hot Docs at Home series, in which it premiered on April 30, 2020.[11]

In 2021, the film was nominated for the Best Documentary Program at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards.[12] Before that, the film also has nominated for the Best Documentary at the Durban International Film Festival in 2020. It was also nominated for the Audience Award at the Internationales Frauen Film Fest.[13]

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References

  1. ^ frank (2020-10-22). "FINDING SALLY". AFRIKAMERA. Archived from the original on 2021-10-02. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  2. ^ "Finding Sally". findingsally.com. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  3. ^ "'Finding Sally': Political cinema from Ethiopia". Deutsche Welle. November 23, 2020.
  4. ^ "Film Festival Köln: FINDING SALLY". www.afrikafilmfestivalkoeln.de. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  5. ^ www.oberon.nl, Oberon Amsterdam. "Finding Sally - IDFA". Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  6. ^ "ETHIOPIA'S UNFORGETTABLE FAMINES: HERE'S WHY THEY REALLY HAPPEN". findingsally.com. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  7. ^ "Finding Sally". Hot Docs. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  8. ^ "FINDING SALLY". FILM AFRICA 2020. 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  9. ^ "Finding Sally". cbc.ca. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  10. ^ "Why do famines persist in the Horn of Africa?". The New Famines. Routledge. 2006-11-22. pp. 244–266. doi:10.4324/9780203014424-18. ISBN 9780203014424. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  11. ^ Jillian Morgan, "Exclusive clip: Tamara Mariam Dawit talks Hot Docs film 'Finding Sally'". RealScreen, April 29, 2020.
  12. ^ Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations" Archived 2021-04-01 at the Wayback Machine. ET Canada, March 30, 2021.
  13. ^ "Finding Sally". Internationales Frauen Film Fest. Retrieved 2021-10-02.

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