Director | Ruth Hunduma
Script | Ruth Hunduma
Director or photography | Henry Gill
Editing | Henry Gill
Sound designer | Kim Tae Hak
Composer | Nyokabi Kariuki
Producer | Tolu Stedford, Lily Usher
Production company | Storycompound
Ruth received a medallion, etched with Nefertiti, from her mother—a symbol of beauty, strength, and freedom. Her mother, captured by the Derg regime and raised in a prison camp, passed it down as a reminder of her escape and survival, to keep their family and country’s story alive.
About the director:
Ruth Hunduma is an Ethiopian-Australian writer, director, and poet. Winner of the 2022 BFI short doc fund, her debut A Band Apart won Best Short at LIFF. She was shortlisted for the 2021 Guy Ritchie Creative Access mentorship and is developing her script Wasteman. Ruth is based in London.