The controversial tradition of abducting girls and forcing them into marriage, known as "telefa", might be on the wane in Ethiopia, but it still happens in rural areas. A new film, Difret, recounts ...

An award-winning film written and directed by an Ethiopian tells the story of a young Ethiopian girl caught up in the rural tradition of abducting girls for marriage. The story is true and helped make ...

ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The inaugural China-Ethiopia Film and TV Festival is set to be held in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, scheduled between Dec. 20 and 23, with a primary goal of ...

In Ethiopia, a country of nearly 77 million, there are reportedly fewer than 150 OB-GYN doctors. The result — according to A Walk to Beautiful, a new documentary that airs tonight on PBS — is that an ...

Living in a tool shed on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital, 10-year-old Asalif Tewold straddles a unique space between modernity and tradition. In his short life, he has lived on a rural farm and in ...

From the production of "Who is Hirut's Father?" to "Guma" and then to "Aster", Ethiopia's modern filmmaking is slightly older than 60 years. Beside feature films, those decades were also marked the ...