Jessica Beshir Movies
- 2021
Faya Dayi
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A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations...
- 2004
Until the Night
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Robert is a writer who hasn't done much writing lately; instead, he's busy pushing the envelope with his toxic mix of boredom, drugs and a dalliance...
- 2003
200 American
200 American4.82003HD
Conrad is a gay man living in NYC. He's also CEO of an ad agency and by nature a control freak. Although Conrad is still in love with Martin (his...
- 2017
Hairat
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For over 35 years Yussuf Mume Saleh journeys at night to the outskirts of the walled city of Harar to bond with his beloved hyenas.
- 2016
He Who Dances on Wood
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One man's search for joy has culminated in a constant experience of rhythm in the world around him.
- 2006
Distortion
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When his girlfriend is kidnapped, a drug-addicted ex-cop must overcome his demons and face the sobering task of tracking her down before it's too...
- 2004
Journey to Lasta
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A hip urban reggae film about music, passion, love and devotion! Tsegaye is a driven mucician who leaves his wife and children in California, to...
- 2015
Memory of a Time Twice Lived
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- 2004
107 Street
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Three vignettes, "The Domino Players", "The Secret Miracle" and "point of View," are linked by telephone conversations being surreptitiously listened...
- 2021
IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia
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A short film documenting Ethiopian musician Hailu Mergia's life as the leader of the Walias Band in the 1970, his immigration to the United States...
- 2023
Ladan
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25 composers, 25 filmmakers, 25 ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography that fit completely within the DNA of Film Fest Gent and the World...
- 2017
Heroin
Heroin62017HD
A film about the work of painter Victor Rodriguez, whose sole subject is his ex-wife.
- 2018
Kings
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A man who grew up without a father finds fulfillment in mentoring another.
- 2014
Zemene
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Zemene is a shy 10-year-old living in rural Ethiopia with a rare, life-threatening, curvature of the spine that limits her world, when a chance...
- 1999
Man Woman Film
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Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy loses mind.