Menged

Film

by Daniel Taye Workou

Details

Ethiopia / 2006 / 21mins / Drama / Amharic

A short film adaptation of a well-known Ethiopian folk tale about a father and son traveling through the countryside to the market.

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About the Director

Daniel Taye Workou

Daniel Taye Workou was born 1969, in Berlin. He studied international relations and worked for several NGO's before entering the Graduate Film Program at Columbia University. He went on to shoot music documentaries, videos and concert films. He is the cofounder of BiraBiro Films in Ethiopia. Menged, his first fiction short, was shot in and around his grandfather's village in Ethiopia. Learn More