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Alganesh: Hope On the Horizon (2021)

★★ — Alganesh: Hope On the Horizon (2021)

A short documentary from Italian directing pair Marianna and Lia Beltrami, this sixty-minute film focuses on Dr. Alganesh Fessaha, an Eritrean-Italian activist and physician who has spent years working to support children and families displaced by the long-running conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia (a war that formally ran from 1998 to 2000 but left displacement and suffering that extended well beyond the ceasefire). The Beltrami sisters appear to have no substantial prior feature credits, making this a debut of sorts in the documentary space. Shot on location across the region, the production is a modest, grassroots affair with no identifiable studio backing, and at sixty minutes sits closer to a short-form advocacy piece than a full theatrical documentary.

A-Z World Movie Tour Eritrea It's worth doing a little reading on the conflict in the area as they don't really cover it well. The subject matter is important. It's heartbreaking. It's definitely something that needs more awareness. However... this documentary is super basic. It's just long monologues from a Dr involved here and long silent scenes watching kids eat or a woman cooking. Bit of a shame really.

Rating: ★★ | Year: 2021 | Watched: 2025-06-13

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