Harvest: 3,000 Years, also called by its Amharic name Mirt Sost Shi Amit (ምርት "፫ሺህ ዓመት"mirt "sost shīh ‘amet"), is a 1976 Ethiopian film directed by Haile Gerima.
For the production of Mirt Sost Shi Amit (Harvest: 3,000 Years)[1] Gerima returned to his native Ethiopia to produce the tale of a poor peasant family who eke out an existence within a brutal, exploitative, and feudal system of labor.
Productionedit
Harvest: 3,000 Years was shot on black and white 16mm film. It used non-actors, and was shot in the midst of a civil war after the overthrow of Haile Selassie.[2]
The first film I made in Ethiopia, Harvest: 3000 Years, shows you the actual footprints of my youth, of where I grew up with my father and the rest of my family
— John L. Jackson Jr, Decolonizing the Filmic Mind: An Interview with Haile Gerima, CALLALOO: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters (2010)
Castedit
Kasu Yigzaw... Mother
Gebru Kasa
Worke Kasa ... Daughter
Melaku Makonen ... Father
Adane Melaku ... Son
Harege-Weyn Tafere ... Grandmother
Referencesedit
^Asrat, H., Abesha.com, "H. Asrat’s review of Harvest:3,000 Years on Abesha.Com 2009-06-19 at the Wayback Machine", March 4, 2009
^"Harvest 3000 Years | Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
^"Decolonizing the Filmic Mind: An Interview with Haile Gerima". repository.upenn.edu. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
harvest, years, also, called, amharic, name, mirt, sost, amit, ምርት, ሺህ, ዓመት, mirt, sost, shīh, amet, 1976, ethiopian, film, directed, haile, gerima, title, carddirected, byhaile, gerimawritten, byhaile, gerimastarringsee, belowcinematographyelliot, davisedited. Harvest 3 000 Years also called by its Amharic name Mirt Sost Shi Amit ምርት ሺህ ዓመት mirt sost shih amet is a 1976 Ethiopian film directed by Haile Gerima Harvest 3 000 YearsTitle cardDirected byHaile GerimaWritten byHaile GerimaStarringSee belowCinematographyElliot DavisEdited byPhillip KuretskyMusic byTesfaye LemmaDistributed byMypheduh FilmsRelease date1976 1976 Running time150 minutesCountryEthiopiaLanguageAmharic Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 3 Cast 4 References 5 External linksPlot editFor the production of Mirt Sost Shi Amit Harvest 3 000 Years 1 Gerima returned to his native Ethiopia to produce the tale of a poor peasant family who eke out an existence within a brutal exploitative and feudal system of labor Production editHarvest 3 000 Years was shot on black and white 16mm film It used non actors and was shot in the midst of a civil war after the overthrow of Haile Selassie 2 Haile Gerima has said 3 The first film I made in Ethiopia Harvest 3000 Years shows you the actual footprints of my youth of where I grew up with my father and the rest of my family John L Jackson Jr Decolonizing the Filmic Mind An Interview with Haile Gerima CALLALOO A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters 2010 Cast editKasu Yigzaw Mother Gebru Kasa Worke Kasa Daughter Melaku Makonen Father Adane Melaku Son Harege Weyn Tafere GrandmotherReferences edit Asrat H Abesha com H Asrat s review of Harvest 3 000 Years on Abesha Com Archived 2009 06 19 at the Wayback Machine March 4 2009 Harvest 3000 Years Tribeca Film Festival Tribeca Retrieved 16 October 2016 Decolonizing the Filmic Mind An Interview with Haile Gerima repository upenn edu Retrieved 16 October 2016 External links editHarvest 3 000 Years at IMDb nbsp nbsp This Ethiopian film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This 1970s drama film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harvest 3 000 Years amp oldid 1214540365, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
