Animation · United States of America · 2020 · 9m

Ferenj

Ferenj poster
Director
Ainslee Alem Robson
Cast
Ainslee Alem Robson as Narrator Melkamayehu Belachew as Tewabech Belachew as Betelhem Shiferaw as Senait Robson as Carl A. Robson as
Crew
Ainslee Alem Robson — Writer Ainslee Alem Robson — Producer Liam Young — Producer
Tagline

A Graphic Memoir in VR

Synopsis

“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.

Mood & Themes
identityhomememoirdreamscapeafrican americanafrosurrealismexperimental
Key Collaborators
Ainslee Alem Robson Director Ainslee Alem Robson Writer Ainslee Alem Robson Producer Liam Young Producer
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