Bread and ABC
(Brot und ABC)
GDR/Ethiopia, 1981, 29 min, color
In German; no subtitles
Brot und ABC © DEFA-Stiftung
Credits:
Potraffke, Eckhard |
Ritterbusch, Irmgard |
Porsche, Manfred |
Greuning, Jürgen |
Dittus, Barbara |
Piontek, Klaus |
Schwarz, Jaecki |
DEFA Studio for Documentary Films |
Film Center of the Ethiopian Ministry for Culture and Sports |
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Synopsis
In 1974 the Solomonic dynasty led by emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown by a Soviet-backed military junta, which established the communist People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. This documentary, created in collaboration with the Ethiopian Ministry of Culture and Sport, presents the junta as a revolutionary force and reports optimistically about the progress Ethopia has made over seven years. It features a cooperative founded in Iteya and teachers introducing a literacy campaign.