ZEMAD’S JOURNEY (SHORT FILM)

Ethiopian filmmaker Belay Workneh, through his short docudrama, demonstrates the relationship between HIV/AIDS and poverty. The film focuses on an Ethiopian teen named Zemad, and her struggle to survive in the tumult of modern day Addis Ababa. In addition to Zemad’s sojourn to the city (shot in 1999), the film also incorporates dramatization of other youth's stories into Zemad's own life.