The Medallion

Synopsis

Ruth was barely a teenager when her mother passed down her Medallion, etched with a golden portrait of Nefertiti. A symbol of beauty and strength. Not only was this medallion an artefact, it was an emblem of her mother’s inconceivable plight; captured in middle school by the Derg communist military regime and raised in a prison camp for years, separated from her family.
This story follows Ruth's mother's early memories of the Derg Genocide and how she first became in possession of the medallion upon her escape. The medallion symbolised her freedom and was passed down to Ruth for her to pass on to her children and to keep her family and country’s story alive.
Official Selection DOC NYC 2023 - North American premiere
Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2024
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Details

Year

2023

Type of film

Shorts

Running Time

18 min 55 sec

Format

16mm and digital

Director

Ruth Hunduma

Producer

Lily Usher, Tolu Stedford

Executive Producer

Charlottes Knowles, Tolu Stedford, Hannah Bush Bailey

Editor

Marnie Hollande

Screenwriter

Ruth Hunduma

Director of Photography

Henry Gill

Sound

Kim Tae Hak, Molinare

Music

Nyokabi Kariuki

Principal Cast

Tsehay Ayele

Genre

• Documentary

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 26th January 2024