Harvest: 3,000 Years Explained

Harvest: 3,000 Years
Director:	Haile Gerima
Starring:	See below
Music:	Tesfaye Lemma
Cinematography:	Elliot Davis
Editing:	Phillip Kuretsky
Distributor:	Mypheduh Films
Runtime:	150 minutes
Country:	Ethiopia

Harvest: 3,000 Years, also called by its Amharic name Mirt Sost Shi Amit (mirt "sost shīh ‘amet"), is a 1976 Ethiopian film directed by Haile Gerima.

Plot

For the production of Mirt Sost Shi Amit (Harvest: 3,000 Years)^[1] Gerima returned to his native Ethiopia to produce the tale of a poor peasant family who eke out an existence within a brutal, exploitative, and feudal system of labor.

Production

Harvest: 3,000 Years was shot on black and white 16mm film. It used non-actors, and was shot in the midst of a civil war after the overthrow of Haile Selassie.^[2] Haile Gerima has said^[3]

Cast

• Kasu Yigzaw... Mother
• Gebru Kasa
• Worke Kasa ... Daughter
• Melaku Makonen ... Father
• Adane Melaku ... Son
• Harege-Weyn Tafere ... Grandmother

Notes and References

1. Asrat, H., Abesha.com, "H. Asrat’s review of Harvest:3,000 Years on Abesha.Com ", March 4, 2009
2. Web site: Harvest 3000 Years Tribeca Film Festival. Tribeca. 16 October 2016.
3. Web site: Decolonizing the Filmic Mind: An Interview with Haile Gerima. repository.upenn.edu. 16 October 2016.