The story of an Eritrean child soldier

Saturday 19th May at 9pm

Based on the true story of a young Eritrean girl abandoned by her mother and  trained to fight in one of Eritrea’s liberation armies.

As her country descends into chaos as the citizens struggle to break free from Ethiopia, Awet’s mother disappears, and she is placed in a Cathoic orphanage in Asmara. It is during her time in the orphanage that Awet begins to first perceive the injustice all around her, and gradually learns to stand up for her beliefs.

Saturday 19th May at 9pm

Years later, Awet is reunited with her father and her sister, but the homecoming is sadly short-lived when dad decides to make some easy money by selling the pair to one of Eritrea’s liberation armies. Once at the camp, the girls suffer a harsh life of loneliness and labour as they are trained to become soldiers and forced to contend with death and fanaticism on a daily basis. But in her short life Awet has managed to gain an extraordinary amount of courage, and becomes determined to find her way out of the bleak situation by any means necessary.

Germany (2008) dir. Luigi Falorni with Letekidan Micael, Solomie Micael, and Samuel Semere