Catbird film presents a personal investigation into the life and disappearance of the director’s aunt Sally, an Ethiopian aristocrat-turned-communist-rebel.
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28 May 2020
Official Trailer: Finding Sally is a personal investigation into the mysterious life of the director’s aunt Sally, an Ethiopian aristocrat-turned-communist-rebel who disappeared during the Ethiopian Revolution. youtube.com/watch?v=jwan8kXe…
@CatbirdProd @gobezmedia @CinemaPolitica
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21 Jul 2023
Tamara joins us for a post-screening Q&A this Sunday July 23 at 7:30pm to discuss making a film about the aunt she never knew she had—more relevant than ever at a time when Ethiopia is going through dramatic political changes once again.
Free for members: hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/fi…
ALT A portrait of Salamawit Dawit, 'Sally', a young Ethiopian woman with a slightly mischievous Mona Lisa smirk
ALT The Dawit family, eight members, sits for a family portrait, with Sally on the far left
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Finding Sally retweeted
21 Jul 2023
How did a 23-year-old diplomat’s daughter become a rebel with the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party and land on the junta’s most-wanted list?
40 years after her aunt Sally’s disappearance, director Tamara Mariam Dawit delves into the mystery.
hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/fi…
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Finding Sally retweeted
20 Jun 2023
Finding Sally: A personal investigation into the mysterious life of the director's Aunt Sally, an Ethiopian aristocrat-turned-communist-rebel who disappeared after the revolution.
🎟️: hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/fi…
@findingsallydoc
ALT A sepia portrait of Tamara Dawit's Aunt Sally when she was a teenager, with a mysterious smile and a compelling look in her eyes
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20 Jun 2023
Summer Screenings. These will be the first in-person screenings in Canada with the director attending.
Winnipeg: July 9th, 7pm
w/ @WinnipegFilm
winnipegfilmgroup.com/event/…
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20 Jun 2023
And in Toronto w/ @HotDocsCinema
Toronto: July 23rd, 7:30pm
Tickets: hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/fi…
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Finding Sally retweeted
28 May 2022
A filmmaker investigates the mysterious life of her aunt Sally, an Ethiopian woman from an upper-class family who became a communist rebel and disappeared after the 1970s revolution in her country.
Watch Finding Selam here: aje.io/FindingSelam
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27 May 2022
Watch Finding Selam on @AJEnglish Witness tomorrow. Or catch up online here:
aljazeera.com/program/witnes…
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Finding Sally retweeted
18 Mar 2022
@findingsallydoc tells the story of a young female communist rebel in Ethiopia✊ She landed on her country’s most wanted list. This the story of the mysterious life of Sally. Get tickets for our cinema screening or watch the film NOW online! ➡️humanrightsfilmfestivalberli…
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Finding Sally retweeted
14 Mar 2022
We are at @Cinemadureel with Festival Director @thephum presenting on African cinema, putting @findingsallydoc @TheLetterKenya and @softiethefilm in focus 🌍
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Finding Sally retweeted
14 Mar 2022
This sunday on March 2⃣0⃣ we screen @findingsallydoc about a young woman who became a communist rebel in Ethiopia and her fight for her ideals & beliefs ✊ Decades after her disappearance, Tamara pieces together the mysterious life of her Aunt Sally.
➡️humanrightsfilmfestivalberli…
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Finding Sally retweeted
13 Mar 2022
« J’ai ensuite sélectionné @findingsallydoc de Tamara Dawit qui représente pour moi le cinéma africain contemporain où les cinéastes parlent de leur point de vue et de leurs expériences personnelles. »
- Mandisa Zitha
#cinemadureel
@gobezmedia
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Finding Sally retweeted
13 Mar 2022
[DIMANCHE 13 MARS] - L'Afrique documentaire
🗓 18h | @FindingSallyDoc de Tamara Dawit (@gobezmedia) | @CentrePompidou Cinéma 2
▶️ Infos et réservation : cinemadureel.org/films/findi…
#cinemadureel
@CatbirdProd
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9 Mar 2022
Tamara Mariam Dawit (@gobezmedia) is an Ethiopian-Canadian producer and director. Her most recent film is the award-winning documentary Finding Sally which premiered in 2020 at Hot Docs.
Want to learn more about her? Visit cinefam.ca/filmmakers/
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8 Mar 2022
Remembering Ethiopian female revolutionaries their stories 👇🏾
findingsally.com/articles/ar…
#InternationalWomensDay2022 #Ethiopia
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8 Mar 2022
Finding Sally returns to @cbcdocs on March 8th at 10:30pm EST
#InternationalWomensDay2022 #Ethiopianwomen #Ethiopianrevolution #Documentary
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24 Feb 2022
A reminder that the @hotdocs Black Light programme is incredible. Have you watched @findingsallydoc by Toronto filmmaker Tamara Dawit (@gobezmedia) yet? The director journeys to Ethiopia to solve a family mystery - go with her. shedoesthecity.com/learn-sup… #BlackHistoryMonth
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Finding Sally retweeted
3 Feb 2022
DOC Vanguard recipient Tamara (@gobezmedia) brings a welcome diasporic perspective to the program, based as she is between Ethiopia and Toronto. In addition to her directing exploits, Tamara is a co-founder of the @RE_MCorg.
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2 Feb 2022
Black Light is part of @hotdocs #ForViola series that centres BIPOC filmmakers & stories. The collection features 6 films that are FREE to stream this month, including incredible doc 'Finding Sally' by Toronto filmmaker @gobezmedia. shedoesthecity.com/learn-sup… #BlackHistoryMonth
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27 Jan 2022
FEB 1-28: DOC Institute & @hotdocs present 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩: 𝘼 𝘾𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙁𝙞𝙡𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨, a series of six docs by leading Black documentary voices in Canada, available to stream for free. hotdocs.ca/whats-on/online-s…
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