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Director Aäläm-Wärque Davidian Narrative, 2018, Ethiopia/France/ Germany/Israel, 93 min Amharic with subtitles Massachusetts Premiere
Directors Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon Narrative, 2018, Israel, 97 min Hebrew with subtitles Massachusetts Premiere
It’s 1989, and the Ethiopian Civil War has been taking place for all of Mina’s 16 years. Her family plans to leave Addis Ababa for Israel, but Mina can’t fathom leaving behind the person she loves most: Eli, her Christian boyfriend, who lives in the woods to evade being conscripted to the army. Mina hatches a scheme to save him, but everyone and everything seems set against her. Based on the filmmaker’s memories of growing up in war-torn Ethiopia, Fig Tree is a focused view of the impact of civil war on the lives of ordinary people.
Eden, a trans high schooler, discovers that her two best—and only—friends are secretly planning to sell their kidneys to pay for cosmetic surgery and dresses for prom. Though dubious at first, Eden decides that joining them may be the answer to her prayers. But when their plans go awry, the girls are confronted by their own prejudices and find themselves on a journey of self-discovery that shapes the self-conscious highschoolers into adults.
SCREENING TIME Sunday, November 10, 1 pm West Newton Cinema
SCREENING TIMES Saturday, November 9, 6:30 pm Bright Family Screening Room Saturday, November 16, 9 pm Brattle Theatre
Wednesday, November 13, 7:30 pm Museum of Fine Arts (Alfond Auditorium)
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