IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia

10.0 2021 14m

DocumentaryMusic

A short film documenting Ethiopian musician Hailu Mergia's life as the leader of the Walias Band in the 1970, his immigration to the United States and his subsequent re-emergence as a performer in 2014.

Directed by Lorena Alvarado

VISUAL ARCHIVE

Selected stills from the film

IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia still 1

CAST

The people behind the story

Hailu MergiaHimself

CURATED SCREEN

IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia

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