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 BACK TO MY ROOTS - LIVING IN ZION

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A must see film!

 

This is a really special film, and is all about a Rastaman by the name of 'Ras Kawintseb Kidane Meheret Selassie who has been living in Shashemane, Ethiopia for the past 12yrs escaping from Babylon and building his home in a land he calls ZION - IYTEYOPIA

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Originating from Trinidad he embarked on a special journey to Ethiopia, to the place he had always dreamed about since his childhood. Since arriving he took off his shoes and has been walking barefoot ever since. He now lives a happy life in Shashemane as a farmer and music teacher for the last 12 years and has formed his own band "The Ethiofrika Band".

The film will be of special importance to Rasta's as it is revealed in the film that His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie was sighted by several Ethiopians a few days before the Millennium, as if a message from the Emperor himself. It was said that His Majesty was riding on Lions in a a fire on 'Entoto' mountain. This sighting will have great meaning to Rastafarians all over the world and Ras Kawintseb wrote a song about what happened that day, which you can see in the film.

The film is special because it gives us an insight into the life of a Rasta who came  from the Caribbean and made the journey to Shashemane to live on the land that  Emperor Haile Selassie gave to all those Africans who where enslaved in the days   of slavery. This is something which has never adequately been captured on film     previously and it is a real inspiration to other Rasta's out there wanting to know  more.

This is a film that every Rastaman needs to see..........

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"Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph."

Haile Selassie I Addressing the United Nations 4 Oct 1963

Message from the director

Man of the Millennium : His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

A king not in power but one that is still feared by political figures as if he still were. More than 30 years have passed since he was last seen, that is not considering the sitings by Rastafarian believers who praise him as a religious figure. That is not my argument however, because faith has the power to move mountains. Even more,  I cherish my Rasteferian brothers and sisters who have for years held the true flag of Ethiopia higher in pride while we Ethiopians were busy destroying our own history and studying foreign ideologies.

For me its a question of history, dignity and the respect of one self. I never knew him since I was born late after his time, in 1980. However this extraordinary character, a great diplomat and political leader, the one considered as the Father of Africa and one of the many Ethiopian Kings who truly dignified Ethiopia is still being despised.

Why are we so much afraid of his history? Why can't we speak of him? I'm not saying he was perfect or that we should undo what has been done. All I'm saying is that he deserves at least to be mentioned. At least to be know by the new generation. At least be given the
chance to prove what his intentions were.

I have waited too long...and I believe the time has come for what I know is right. The right to know His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie. I am not a historian. I am just a simple film maker eager to know about this king. I am inviting you to accompany me in my journey to discover history. Man of the Millennium is a feature documentary that tries to link the past and the present. A film about a King and of the new generation trying to figure out what went wrong. A film in which figures from the past talk about what they witnessed. Man of the Millennium is not just a biographical documentary. It is a film were you see the new generation struggling to catch up with their past. In Man of the Millennium you will witness true life experience of artists trying to make songs and films about issues that are politically undignified but issues I consider are history; history that must be told.

Tikher Teferra
Director

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