Festivalimpressions 2014 - Monday, 24.11. - School Screenings
The Women’s Worlds are on a visit at the Geschwister Scholl School (Tübingen) with the film “Difret”*
The
film is based on the true story of the lawyer Meaza Ashenafi from Ethiopia.
She speaks with the students about her work as a women’s rights activist
in Ethiopia, her experiences during her cooperation on the Ethiopian Constitution
and the destiny of young Hirut, whose case is the plot of the film.
*
She
explains that since the spectacular case, the traditional abduction, rape
and forced marriages have decreased in Ethiopia, but there is still a lot
of work to do to eradicate this harmful tradition entirely. *
The very impressed students enjoy taking pictures with Meaza.*
At
the same time the Mathilde Weber School screened the feature film “Be
My Baby,
Film
director Christina Schiewe and assistent director Bülent Yilmaz are
attending as guests of the school.
Both
answer the questions about the issue of sexuality and the desire to have
a baby in handicapped people, but also about the process of making the
film.
After a long and intense exchange the students react with enthusiastic
applause.
Photos: Alexander Gonschior / * Philip Escobar Jung