Zemene

Help support ZEMENE with a purchase of the DVD or Blu Ray in our Shop! Buying multiple copies, just pay one shipping charge. Thank you for helping us share the film and spread awareness of Zemene's inspiring story and the important work of Dr. Rick Hodes and Dr. Ohenebe Boachie-Adjei at FOCOS Hospital in Ghana!

Thank you to all who came out to support ZEMENE and meet Zemene and Menor in person at our NY Premiere! We had a sold out crowd and a great Q/A after our screening. Thank you to the Harlem Int'l Film Festival for the opportunity to bring Zemene's story to the big screen and for reconginzing our film with the Best World Documentary Award!

Zemene has been selected as the Closing Night Film for this very special, 10th Anniversary of the Harlem International Film Festival! Zemene and her uncle Menormelkam will be traveling over from Ethiopia to make a special appearance at this screening. We are so proud to be part of this night and want you to Join us in celebrating our NY Premiere in Harlem! Tickets are on sale now!

http://harlemfilmfestival.org/films/closing-night-zemene/

The Ananda Foundation hosts a screening of Zemene in Honolulu for Ethiopian, Behane Daba. Berhane is the winner of The National Peace Corps Association's 2015 Harris Wofford Global Citizen Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a global leader by the National Peace Corps Association. Berhane Daba is president and founder of Ethiopian Women with Disabilities National Association (EWDNA), an organization that works to empower women with disabilities with the skills and confidence they need to become economically independent. Daba advocates for equal access for women and people of disability so that they can reach their full potential, something she has had to deal with in her own life. Berhane is an incredible role model and inspiration and Zemene is proud to know her!

Thank you to everyone who donated over the last 6 months to the building of a school in Zemene's village in Belessa, Ethiopia! Zemene and her uncle Menormelkam visited Minneapolis for the fundraising event and participated in a Q/A after the film's screening. They were presented with a check for $45,000 from Pathways to Children, a non profit hosting the screening of the film. This project has been a goal for Zemene and the film since 2007 and we are thrilled to have reached this stage. Over 200 children in the area of Belessa will soon have access to a proper elementary education. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, (JDC) will be overseeing the building in conjunction with the Ethiopian government. We have not been given a time frame for the building to begin but hope it will be shortly after the rainy season ends in September.

We are honored to be invited to screen Zemene at the Library of Congress, the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Zemene's story will be catalogued and become part of the official collection of the world's largest library. Please join us in DC for this special screening, open to the public on August 12th!