By Emmanuel Igunza A screen grab from the film Price of Love by Hermon Hailay Price of Love, in Amharic, has been nominated for Africa’s top film award at the Fespaco festival Ethiopian scriptwriter and film director Hermon Hailay says she grew up close to prostitutes. “I know them as young, beautiful women, mothers, sisters
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By Kenneth Turan LOS ANGELES TIMES kenneth.turan@latimes.com ‘Difret’ Hirut (Tizita Hagare) sits in a halfway house in “Difret.” (Haile Addis Pictures / Cineart) Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, a USC film school grad, delves into abduction of girls to be brides in Ethiopia The compelling “Difret” is a small film with a lot on its mind. Authentic
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