This season, the AAM’s Movies at the Museum program presents films that complement Mickalene Thomas’s exhibition Mentors, Muses, and Celebrities. The program draws on true stories of strong female protagonists, each of whom overcomes adversity in ordinary and extraordinary ways while challenging us to imagine a better world.
Difret (2014)
Based on the inspirational true story, Difret follows fourteen-year-old Hirut, who is abducted for marriage and accidentally kills her captor when fighting back. Local law demands a death sentence for Hirut, but the tough and passionate lawyer Meaza steps in to make their case for self-defense against one of Ethiopia’s oldest and most deeply rooted traditions. Difret paints a portrait of a country in a time of great transformation and the brave individuals ready to shape it.
