Habesha Life Screening | Medicine for Melancholy
WEB SERIES SCREENING: Habesha Life
Created by Ambessa Jir Berhe
Saturday, February 25 @ 4pm
Dweck Center, Brooklyn Public Library, located at 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY
Habesha Life YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/ACcQZ0
Habesha Life is an episodic online short film series. The story is about social interactions between a group of young habesha/abesha (Ethiopian and Eritrean people) in and around the Washington, DC Metro Area.
FEATURE FILM: Medicine for Melancholy
Directed by Barry Jenkins
Saturday, February 25 @ 4pm
Dweck Center, Brooklyn Public Library, located at 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY
Trailer: http://bit.ly/xMqESu | Video: http://bit.ly/xUUkCD
Medicine for Melancholy is a love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two African-American twenty-somethings dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco.
Following the screening, join us for a discussion with Ambessa Jir Berhe and a video tour of San Francisco created by Barry Jenkins special for the event. This screening is free and open to the public.
