Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas
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Heino Deckert
John Webster
Mohammed Alamoudi
Ivan Holmes
Argaw Ashine
| Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Joakim Demmer |
| Written by | Joakim Demmer |
| Produced by | Margarete Jangård Heino Deckert John Webster |
| Starring | Alexander Karim Mohammed Alamoudi Ivan Holmes Argaw Ashine |
| Cinematography | Joakim Demmer Ute Freund Zeb Davidsson Mark Barrs Peter Bolte |
| Edited by | Stefan Sundlöf Frank Brummundt |
| Music by | Matthias Trippner |
Production companies | WG Film Ma.Ja.De Filmproduktion J.W. Documentaries Oy |
| Distributed by | Neue Visionen Filmverleih Yleisradio (YLE) |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Countries | Sweden Germany Finland Netherlands |
| Languages | Amharic English |
Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas, is a 2017 Swedish-Ethiopian documentary thriller film directed by Joakim Demmer and co-produced by Margarete Jangård for WG Film, Heino Deckert for ma.ja.de, and John Webster for JW Documentaries.[1][2] The film revolves around farmland, the new green gold in Ethiopia, where foreign investors take control of millions of hectares of allegedly unused land, spurring massive forced evictions of local populations and violent repression of protest and resistance.[3][4]
The film was shot in and around Addis Ababa, Bale Province and Gambela in Ethiopia; New York City, Austin Texas and Washington in the USA and the Gorom refugee camp in South Sudan. The film made its World Premiere at CPH:DOX 2017 in the United States.[5] The film received mixed reviews from critics and made official selection at many film festivals.[6] In the Munich International Documentary Festival (DOK.fest) 2017, the film was nominated for the Viktor Award for DOK.horizons and then for Environmental Award at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival.[7]