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GRANDMA KNOWS BEST?

By Tamara DAWIT

GOBEZ MEDIA (ETHIOPIA) - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2014

Two grandmothers meet after 35 years and conspire to get their granddaughter married.

Festivals
& Awards

Reel World 2015
Addis International 2015
Zanzibar 2015
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    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • CANADA, ETHIOPIA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, AMHARIC
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 15 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Tamara DAWIT
    • Synopsis
    • In 2014 director Tamara Dawit set out to make a short film about her two grandmothers (one in Canada and on in Ethiopia). They had been friends for over 35 years despite only have met in person a few times when she was a child. With the support of Bravofactual (Bell Media) and Ethiopian Airlines Tamara set out to reunite her grandmothers and spend some quality time catching up with them. Instead, her grandmothers used the opportunity to conspire to convince Tamara to get married and have kids. Tears, begging, black magic, and praying to god followed. Grandma Knows Best? is the resulting documentary short which explores the differences in the lives and societal expectations of women from her grandmother's generation to her own and how society views single women, working women, divorce, and motherhood.
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