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- Summary: After 20 years of exile in Germany, Anberber returns to his Ethiopian homeland and re-discovers the harsh reality of his past as an activist.
- Director: Haile Gerima
- Genre(s): Drama
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Has all the hallmarks of a career summation -- and early on it seems fated to collapse beneath the weight of its ambitions. Instead, it soars, thanks to Mr. Gerima's bracingly direct storytelling.
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80Only the film's slow pace softens its powerful message.
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Gerima's film stands as a richly expansive portrait of a man caught between an untenable exile and the terrible consequences of his homeland's violent past.
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