Screening with Forecast Public Art short film Traveling Museum, April 19.
On her way home from school, Hirut, a 14-year-old girl, is kidnapped with the intent of forcing her into an arranged marriage—a tradition in Ethiopia that many girls face. Hirut fights to escape, forcing a chain of events that leads her to an empowered young lawyer willing to fight for Hirut’s rights and putting her between tradition and modernity.
Based on a true story and shot entirely on location in Ethiopia, first-time director Zeresenay Berhane Mehari's Difret is a powerful portrayal of a country confronting equal rights.
SCREENING WITH:
Traveling Museum
Forecast Public Art
Country: USA | Language: English | Runtime: 6 min
Director(s): Beth Peloff
Public artists Lisa Bergh and Andrew Nordin bring art where it doesn’t usually go with The Traveling Museum, their mobile lab/exhibition venue for contemporary art and ideas.
Sponsored by
The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul is supported in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the State's general fund and its arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.