September 24, 2010
Michael Ordoņa, Los Angeles Times
Aaron Arefe,
Abeye Tedla,
Takelech Beyene,
Teje Tesfahun,
Nebiyu Baye
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One man's journey through three decades of political uproar in Ethiopia sets the stage for this independent historical drama from director Haile Gerima. Anberber (Aaron Arefe) was born and raised in E... read more
Directed by: Haile Gerima
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July 15, 2010
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
The film is rough around the edges, and overlong at two hours and 13 minutes. Still, it's an eye-opening portrait of injustice and loss that leaves you drowning in rage and sorrow. Full Review
July 6, 2010
Alissa Simon, Variety
Ultimately rewards the viewer's patience with a potent sense of Ethiopian history and culture. Full Review
April 8, 2010
Ray Bennett, Hollywood Reporter
Epic treatment of a good man's return to an African nation torn by hunger and civil war.
April 2, 2010
Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Times
He doesn't just reject political, philosophical, sexual, racial and spiritual dogma of every sort. He seems to view dogma itself as the one true evil: the ideological armor of bullies throughout histo...
March 31, 2010
Andrew Schenker, Village Voice
tands as a richly expansive portrait of a man caught between an untenable exile and the terrible consequences of his homeland's violent past. Full Review
July 16, 2010
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul), St. Paul Pioneer Press
The storytelling is a deliberate muddle, jumbling time and space to suggest Anberber's aghast confusion. But if you stick with it for 140 minutes, everything does come together in an ending that is ly... Full Review
April 29, 2010
Ted Fry, Seattle Times
Both intimate and sprawling in its scope and reach, Teza is a remarkable portrait of the tortured political and social history that Ethiopia suffered in the last decades of the 20th century. Full Review
April 14, 2010
Armond White, New York Press
Gerima opposes the utter triviality of movies about black peoples' lives. He's made a deeply-felt drama about the complexity of the diaspora experience-a connection to Africa, the Mother continent, th... Full Review
April 3, 2010
Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru
Occasionally drags, but remains a provocative, brave, potent and heartfelt drama brimming with haunting, lyrical images and important sociopolitical messages. Full Review
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