GMU Visiting Filmmakers Series: LAMB with filmmaker Yared Zeleke

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

4:30 PM - 7:00 PM

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02/28/2023 04:30 PM 02/28/2023 07:00 PM America/Anguilla GMU Visiting Filmmakers Series: LAMB with filmmaker Yared Zeleke Join us for a free screening of Lamb (2015), the first feature film from Ethiopia to be officially selected at the Cannes Film Festival. The film screening will be followed by an in-person discussion with the filmmaker, Yared Zeleke. This remarkable feature debut tells the story of young Ephraim, a half-Jewish, Ethiopian boy who is sent by his father to live among distant relatives after his mother’s death. Ephraim uses his cooking skills to carve out a place among his cousins, but when his uncle decides that his beloved sheep must be sacrificed for the next religious feast, he will do anything to save the animal and return home.Event LinksTickets: https://go.evvnt.com/1565296-0Website: ht... Details & Tickets: https://www.upcomingevents.com/washington-dc/events/johnson-center/gmu-visiting-filmmakers-series-lamb-with-filmmaker-yared-zeleke-80489?ref=uceaddevent Johnson Center, Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, 22030

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Join us for a free screening of Lamb (2015), the first feature film from Ethiopia to be officially selected at the Cannes Film Festival. The film screening will be followed by an in-person discussion with the filmmaker, Yared Zeleke. This remarkable feature debut tells the story of young Ephraim, a half-Jewish, Ethiopian boy who is sent by his father to live among distant relatives after his mother’s death. Ephraim uses his cooking skills to carve out a place among his cousins, but when his uncle decides that his beloved sheep must be sacrificed for the next religious feast, he will do anything to save the animal and return home.

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