IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia

10.0202114m

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A short film documenting Ethiopian musician Hailu Mergia's life as the leader of the Walias Band in the 1970, his immigration to the United States and his subsequent re-emergence as a performer in 2014.

Directed by Lorena Alvarado

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