Film

IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia

10.0202114mDocumentary Music

Director: Lorena Alvarado
Year: 2021

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.

Top cast

Hailu Mergia

Himself

Directed by

Lorena Alvarado, Adam Golfer

Produced by

Jessica Beshir

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