Difret

Difret, winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award, is coming to Los Angeles Friday December 12 at Laemmle Music Hall (9036 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills.  There will be 5:00 PM shows for one week only.  Tickets go on sale, today, December 9.  On opening weekend there will be Q and A with director, producer, cast and real life subjects after every show.  Difret will be opening across the country in 2015.

Buy tickets here.

• Three hours outside of Addis Ababa, a bright 14-year-old girl is on her way home from school when men on horses swoop in and kidnap her. The brave Hirut grabs a rifle and tries to escape, but ends up shooting her would-be husband. In her village, the practice of abduction into marriage is common and one of Ethiopia's oldest traditions. Meaza Ashenafi, an empowered and tenacious young lawyer, arrives from the city to represent Hirut and argue that she acted in self-defense. Meaza boldly embarks on a collision course between enforcing civil authority and abiding by customary law, risking the continuing work of her women's legal-aid practice to save Hirut's life.
  - Written by Sundance Film Festival