ZEMENE

Dir. Melissa Donovan (68min, USA/Ethiopia, 2014)
English and Amharic with English subtitles
Documentary
Mid-Atlantic Premiere

An inspirational story of hope, love and unimaginable possibilities. We follow a spirited 10-year old Ethiopian girl, Zemenework (Zemene), as she fights to keep hope alive and survive her life-threatening and severe curvature of the spine. With no health care in her village, Zemene travels to the city of Gondar, where she is told no medical treatment that can save her. A chance encounter with Dr. Rick Hodes—medical director of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee—takes Zemene down a new path, giving her hope for the future.