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The Medallion

Synopsis

Ruth was barely a teenager when her mother passed down her Medallion, etched with a golden portrait of Nefertiti. A symbol of beauty and strength. Not only was this medallion an artefact, it was an emblem of her mother’s inconceivable plight; captured in middle school by the Derg communist military regime and raised in a prison camp for years, separated from her family.
This story follows Ruth's mother's early memories of the Derg Genocide and how she first became in possession of the medallion upon her escape. The medallion symbolised her freedom and was passed down to Ruth for her to pass on to her children and to keep her family and country’s story alive.
Official Selection DOC NYC 2023 - North American premiere
Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2024
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Details

Year
2023
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
18 min 55 sec
Format
16mm and digital
Director
Ruth Hunduma
Producer
Lily Usher, Tolu Stedford
Executive Producer
Charlottes Knowles, Tolu Stedford, Hannah Bush Bailey
Editor
Marnie Hollande
Screenwriter
Ruth Hunduma
Director of Photography
Henry Gill
Sound
Kim Tae Hak, Molinare
Composer
Nyokabi Kariuki
Principal cast
Tsehay Ayele

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A New Yorker film supported by Made of Truth: BFI Doc Society Short Film Fund and One Small Barking Dog

Story Compound

Unit D228 Parkhall Business Centre
62 Tritton Rd
London
SE21 8DE

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