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Artwork from the collection "Ethiopian Queen."

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jayroy childhood unrequited love to mutual disaster adults AU

au where dick and roy are only a couple years older than jason when he gets adopted and starts living in the manor and his older brothers super cool friend comes and hangs out sometimes. jason has a massive crush on roy and deals with it like any 13 year old would, by calling him names and annoying him and dick. bruce pulls the classic parent and tells dick he has to let his younger brother hang out with him and his friends or else he can’t hang out at all. “he just wants to be included in your world dick” “he’s so weird around roy bruce! he called him a asshead! what even is that!”

jay deals with his crush by pretending it doesn’t exist and antagonizing his older brother and his friend and roy asks dick if he did something to piss the younger boy off but dick is just like “no he’s just weird.”

flash forward a couple years and jason has gotten pretty good at pretending his crush doesn’t exist and is good at acting normal around roy (lie) when he goes to ethiopia and suddenly no more crushes on older brothers friends. when jason dies roy is there for dick through the mourning of his little brother, he takes care of dick while he regrets never being a better big brother and quietly mourns the young boy who used to call him names and blush whenever roy teased him back.

now, six years later dick has been in gotham pretty much constantly since the sudden entrance of a new crime lord. roy doesn’t hear from him much until one day he shows up with a crime lord in tow and is like “roy! meet red hood!” and roy is like “??? the crime lord?” when jason dramatically reaches up and unclasps his hood, bending over to take it off and when he stands back up he dramatically shakes his hair out like a slow motions teen movie, before smirking the smirkiest smirk and reaching a hand out to shake, saying “sup speedy, finally grew out of the tights?” and roy is just like “who the fuck are you??”

jason is trying to be so cool and impress his childhood crush and suddenly he’s so embarrassed and wants the world to swallow him whole and oh my god his stupid plan to be cool and sexy did not work (little does he know roy is currently just,, roy.exp. has stopped working, that was the most attractive and ridiculous smirk he’s ever seen) and dick swoops in to be like so funny story jason is not dead anymore :D yay!

cue roy having a mental breakdown as they tell him what happened. what do you mean the scrawny kid with gangly limbs who used to follow us around like a lost duckling is now 6’4? wdym your kid brother was with a group of assassins traveling the world and doing assassin training?? wdym your brothers hot now????? wdym he’s taller than me??? which is immediately followed by 200k words of mutual pining as roy thinks jason definitely grew out of his little crush on roy and no way would the cool ex-assassin with the muscle mass to rival batman be interested in him anymore, while jason thinks roy would never see him as anything but his friends kid brother and a nerd and sooo awkward and he’s trying so hard to be nonchalant around roy but he’s soooo chalant. dick is so tired of them being gross and in love with each other while also not being together he’s about to scream

jason: oh yah i've just been *dramatic hair toss * ya know, off traveling the world and training with assassins after i came back to life. nothing big.

roy internally: oh my gof oh my god oh my god oh my god

dick: this is painful to watch. tim put me out of my misery.

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Gail's Blorbo Showdown

On the contenders:

Jason Todd is Bruce Wayne's second adopted son and second Robin who very famously died via fandom poll, although the weapon of choice was the Joker beating him half to death and leaving him to die in an exploding warehouse in Ethiopia, which he kind of took personally. He does eventually come back to life as a full on villain called Red Hood, reclaiming an old name used the Joker, although he's eventually turned into an anti-hero (the disappointment is real). I have a crush on him. The murder is sexy, actually. I don't know what else to say, all of my thoughts about this man are utterly unhinged.

Jaskier (also known as Julian Alfred Pankratz, Viscount of Lettenhove) is a recurring character in the Netflix show The Witcher. He's a bard and a pretty damn good one at that, and basically Geralt's PR team to boot. He's played by Joey Batey who himself is a talented musician (check out The Amazing Devil, for real) and who gives the character that lil fruity vibe we all enjoy. I am talking specifically about the Netflix version, because I only managed to read one book and my computer can't run the games.

Blorbo Showdown masterpost here

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unpopular opinion (that ik you’ll agree with so it might be cheating) i need bruce to have even unhealthier dynamics with his kids i’m sick of these panels with all the hugs and i love yous. remember when he took jason back to ethiopia where he died so he could figure out how to bring back damian? no warnings, no apologies, fully expecting jason to just relive his biggest trauma. that was so sexy of him i need that bruce back

strongly agree | agree | neutral | disagree | strongly disagree

you are so absolutely fabfantasticulously correct and real for this take. I saw a panel of dick calling bruce dad and vomited I hate it sm. found family doesn't have to replicate nuclear family dynamics!! characters dont have to be poster children for cognitive behavioural therapy, he can process his trauma by being a bad father!! he can be a complicated mentor/father figure with unhealthy dynamics!! remember when he projected on cass so much he was like its actually healthy for her to live in a cave and that letting her beat his ass is the best way to resolve conflict, haters will complain but that was peak male form I wanted to suck him off through his spandex so bad there

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It has a loyal fan base and is renowned for its use in jewel-toned sparkling shades in its designs. The brand was revived in New York in 2016 and made a big impact with the splash of rainbow colors. It was shut down in 2020, but its influence is still felt. The present edition of The Colors of Sies Marjan is a retracing of the label's five-year history. Rizzoli edited it and included highly illustrated references, notes, best bits and highlights from campaigns and collections. The chart shows the brand's revolutionary path. 2. Tier NYC Founded in 2014 by Brooklyn natives Nigeria Ealey, Esaie Jean Simon and Victor James, Tier NYC is a striking clothing brand with a fresh take on the fashion industry. Although they're not style creators, the Tier NYC founders have a strong background in the art of graphic design and illustration, as is evident in their clothing collections. The French Terry hoodies and sweatpants along with shorts and tees are offered in a variety of styles that can be worn throughout the throughout the year. With an eye for specifics, they also make unique camo designs and a practical style. Ealey, Jean Simon, and James thought it was time for their company to grow after having taken part in Harlem Fashion Row's annual fashion show. On Friday, they launched a 975 square-foot boutique in the Beverly Center in Los Angeles. 3. CD Greene CD Greene is well-known for creating custom-made clothes that highlight the feminine silhouette. Every piece of ornamentation is chosen with the customer in mind, so that the dress doesn't overshadow her. Bergdorf Goodman also displays his workwith his clothes that are displayed in the windows of the Christmas season. A metallic, translucent jumpsuit is set with a model playing a trumpet, while a second dress is on a twirling Mermaid model. CD Greene's creations pay homage to his roots in sculpture, with a particular focus on form, asymmetrical balance and texture. His signature designs, created in mirrors and crystal, are adored by Hollywood royalty and musicians. 4. Lemlem After a trip Ethiopia, Liya Kebede, an extremely popular model, established Lemlem in 2007 (meaning "to bloom and grow" to blossom and flourish" in Amharic). This was to preserve weaving and create jobs for local artisans. It's a chic, modern collection of women's and children's clothing that is both contemporary and unmistakably African. The label's net sustainability program assures that each piece is produced exclusively by hand in Africa. This is a way to support local talent and keeps the continent's textile industry thriving. Among the brand's eye-catching offerings are breezy gauze dresses and kaftans that are adorned with vibrantly embroidery patterns. 5. Tia Adeola Tia Adeola was the idea of Teni Adeola, a Nigerian-born designer. She was born in London. She launched her brand from her dorm, using art history as her inspiration. Her specialty is ruffles, Lace and lace that recall the Renaissance. Every piece is adorned with feminine touches. She's also adept in creating stunning outfits that make you feel like you're wearing a piece of art on your body. Adeola is a popular choice for sexy clothing and her fall/winter 2023 collection at New York Fashion Week showed the talent she has to be. The model walked 20 looks down the runway, each playing off of another with synchronicity. Watch the YouTube video

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New York is home of some of the most unique clothing brands on the planet. These brands are indispensable to anyone who loves fashion. Sies Marjan is a New York-based brand that creates clothing specifically designed to show off your unique characteristics. The brand has a broad range of clothing, including an elegant and satin dress or plus-size pants. 1. Sies Marjan Sies Marjan is a luxury ready-to-wear brand founded in the year 2016 by Dutch designer Sander Lak. After finishing his studies at Central Saint Martins, he worked at Dries van Noten until launching his own label. His main focus is color, fit and fabric. He enjoys mixing unusual shades into his edgy designs. It is a favorite among its fans and is well-known for its use of jewel toned and shining colors in its pieces. The brand resurfaced in New York in 2016 with bright rainbow colors, and quickly made an impression. Although it closed its doors in 2020 its impact lives on. The Colors of Sies Marjan is a record of the five-year history of the label. Rizzoli edited it and included high-quality illustrations and notes, the best pieces and highlights from campaigns and collections. This chart tracks the brand's revolutionary path. 2. Tier NYC Tier NYC was founded in 2014 by Brooklyn residents Nigeria Ealey, Esaiejean Simon, and Victor James. It is a striking clothing brand that gives a new take on fashion. Although they're not style designers, the founders of Tier NYC are proficient in graphic design and art, which is evident in their collection. Their essential streetwear items include French Terry hoodies, tees shorts, sweatpants and hoodies that can be worn throughout the year. With an eye for specifics, they also make customized camo designs as well as utility design. Ealey, Jean Simon, and James thought it was the right time to expand following their experience participated in Harlem Fashion Row's annual show. They opened a boutique of 975 square feet inside the Beverly Center in Los Angeles on Friday. 3. CD Greene CD Greene is known for his made-to-measure dresses that accentuate the feminine figure by paying keen attention to embellishment. Every detail is designed with the customer in mind so that the dress never overshadows her. His work can also be seen at Bergdorf Goodman, where his gowns are showcased in the amazing holiday window. The metallic-colored jumpsuit appears coupled with a model who plays the trumpet, while a second dress is on a flowing Mermaid model.

CD Greene's work pays homage to his creative roots in sculpture. The focus is on form, asymmetrical balance and the texture. His distinctive designs that are sculpted using crystal and mirrors are beloved by Hollywood royalty and pop stars alike. 4. Lemlem Inspiring by a trip to her native Ethiopia, supermodel Liya Kebede established Lemlem (meaning "to bloom and grow" in Amharic) in 2007 to preserve weaving and create jobs for artisans from the region. The result is a fresh stylish, modern women's and kids' clothes line that's contemporary and distinctly African. The label's net sustainable program guarantees that every piece is produced entirely by hand in Africa. This is a way to support local talent and keeps Africa's textile industry alive. Some of the label's eye-catching designs are the slinky gauze dresses and kaftans detailed with brightly embossed patterns. 5. Tia Adeola Tia Adeola was the concept behind Teni Adeola born in Nigeria, a designer. She was born in London. The brand was launched from her dorm room using art history as an inspiration. Her specialty is ruffles, the lace and lace which evoke the Renaissance. Every piece is designed with an feminine touch. Her ability to create striking clothes that make you feel like you're wearing art is another quality. Adeola is a popular choice model for sexy style and her collection for fall/winter 2023 at New York Fashion Week showed the talents she has shown to be. She sent 20 looks down the runway, each playing off of another with synergy. Watch the YouTube video

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Israel is illegally occupying Palestine.

Israel created Hamas & Nothingyahoo ADMITTED that Hamas was necessary so any Israeli attack on native Palestinians could be justified.

Palestine is NOT the homeland of Zionists, because if it was, WHY WAS SEVERAL OTHER COUNTRIES PROPOSED TO BE THE STATE ISRAEL WOULD BE PUT IN? LIKE SOUTH AFRICA, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, EGYPT ETC.

And IF Palestine was really the "homeland" of Zionists, why are they blowing it up, destroying olive orchards and making the land uninhabitable?

FURTHERMORE, Noah Schnapp thinks Zionism is sexy. Zionism is an ideology that literally mirrors Naz!sm, just instead of innocent Jews being persecuted, it's Palestinians now. Zionism has been responsible for the corruption of multiple governments in Haiti, Guatemala, most of the Middle East, the United States and more.

Brett Gelman and his wife have been posting Islamophobic rhetoric online. They have been calling for the continued bombing of Palestinians.

And YES, if you got forcibly REMOVED FROM YOUR NATIVE LANDS, FORCED INTO AN OPEN AIR PRISON/CONCENTRATION CAMP ALONG WITH 2 MILLION PEOPLE IN A SPACE SMALLER THAN NEW YORK, HAD YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS & CHILDREN DISCRIMINATED, WRONGFULLY ARRESTED & K!LLED BY IOF TERRORISTS, then you'd form a resistance group as well. Hamas only exists because of Isra*l.

Real Jews DO NOT SUPPORT IZRAEL.

The Talmud DOES NOT SUPPORT A "ZIONIST STATE"

ANTI ZIONISM IS NOT ANTISEM

AntiSem is calling all Palestinians "r*pists"

Palestinians are semites too.

WE SEE YOU NOW. AND WE WILL SEE YOU IN THE FUTURE.

STRANGER THINGS 5

I want to be so clear when I say this, Noah Schnapp, Brett Gelman, Shaun Levy and the Duffer Brothers are absolutely vile people, which is why I will not be watching/posting/writing about ST5 or anything ST again.

The Duffers and Shaun have shown their full support for Biden (g3n0cide Joe) who refused a cease🔥 in Palestine and thanked him for his actions.

Noah thinks Z!onism- an ideology that has nothing to do with Jews & is very similar to Naz!sm- is sexy & that the current geno of over 15,000 Palestinians is justified. Additionally, he's made fun of Palestinians despite having played a character that was both Palestinian and "Israeli". He's talked about Khamas being like is-is despite the irony of both groups being created by Israel. He fully supported Amy Schumer's WILD & antisem posts online.

Brett Gelman and his wife have been posting absolutely vile, Islamophobic rhetoric online & have openly & proudly mocked thousands of 💀 P/stinian civilians. He attended pro-Israeli rallies that called for the continued bombing of Gaza & perpetuated racist rants of all Arabs being "r*pists & t3rr0rists".

None of them have had their jobs affected despite being openly rac!st & xenophobic online/in public. None of them have had to fear for their lives as they sit in their mansions while innocent Arab-americans are targeted/shot by radical, yt, Israeli supporters. They've been living in luxury & comfort while pro-Pals have been facing mounting 💀-threats, are being doxxed and silenced.

And for the other cast members who remain silent & refuse to speak out, either against their cohorts or against geno, WE SEE YOU.

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With a quick calculation (there’s a several-year gap between the Ethiopian and Gregorian calendars), Davidian was able to clarify exactly what year she was born. “It’s really too bad because I really enjoyed not knowing exactly how old I am. This whole issue of the meaning of age, and time—I really liked never being concrete about it,” she says. “And I missed my 40th birthday!”

Her 2018 film Fig Tree, which is showing in Israeli theaters this month, premiered at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival in September, where it won Eurimages’ Audentia Award for best female director. The movie also made Davidian the first director of Ethiopian origin to ever be nominated for the Israeli Cinema Academy’s Ophir Prize, the top honor for the Israeli equivalent of the Oscars. Fig Tree was nominated for five Ophir awards, including best film and best screenplay, and went on to win for best cinematography.

Davidian’s premier film is an extraordinary creation in Israeli cinema. The writer and director chose to return to the nation of her birth and tell a story based on her childhood memories in the outskirts of Addis Ababa. Most of the actors are amateurs recruited from the streets of Addis Ababa; Israeli and Ethiopians worked together on the production. The result is a visually beautiful film that provides a great sensory experience and an exciting look at the faraway reality of the place where many Israelis grew up—and continue to pay a painful price for it.

In some ways Davidian’s immigration experience is not so different from those of millions of immigrants all over the world. When she arrived to Israel at age 11, she tried to adapt to the local customs as quickly as possible, to study the language and get acquainted with everything Israeli. She cast aside all the memories she had brought from Ethiopia, burying them deep inside a drawer and locking it shut.

“It wasn’t a conscious decision; I stopped dealing with the world that I came from,” she says. “It’s not that someone came up to me and said directly that my culture isn’t interesting, but that was the case, the concept was that my culture wasn’t sexy because I didn’t come from France or the United States. So for many years I spoke strictly in Hebrew, except at home where my mother insisted we continue to speak in Amharic. But I really wanted to speak in Hebrew because until I was 17, I considered Amharic an ‘uncool’ language, and the culture from which I came I thought of as primitive.”

However, it was apparent to Davidian that her debut film would have to be made in Ethiopia. She wanted to take the memories, feelings, sights and experiences still with her and project them onto the big screen. In this sense, Fig Tree is not only an act of pride, love and yearning but also a declaration that aims to rectify most Israelis’ image of Ethiopia.

“In the movie I wanted to tell the story of life as it happens in this Third World, a concept I encountered when I arrived to Israel and I learned that Ethiopia was a ‘Third World country,’” she says. “What does that mean? What does it say about me or about other people I know and my life? I felt it was a concept that wraps everything up into one box and says, all the crap that happens there, it’s okay because it’s a Third World country, and what does it have to do with us? So from my standpoint, the movie is an attempt to deconstruct this, to show there are people there, life, there’s ‘me.’ And exactly for that reason it was clear to me that this movie was going to be filmed in Ethiopia.”

A women’s world

Davidian was born in a small village north of Addis Ababa, the country’s capital. She was one of two children, her mother was a merchant and her father, a military man who was seldom home. Her grandmother, a mother of 12, lived with them. One of her strongest memories is linked to the dominance of the women around her. “It was a world of strong women. I was born during a civil war. The men were at war. One of the things that surrounded me was that women had all the power: the school principal, the owners of the grocery store I went to, my mother and grandmother. There was a strong sense of a women’s world. The fathers were at war, the boys had to leave the house all the time and go into hiding. They feared for their lives.”

Fig Tree takes place in 1989, during Ethiopia’s civil war, and one of its strongest scenes is the “ingathering,” as Davidian describes it. Military trucks go through the city streets as the residents scatter, the boys and men frantically looking for a hiding place. The women help them disappear off the streets. The soldiers catch anyone who didn’t move quickly enough and shove them onto a truck—fresh cannon fodder for the front lines. Shouts and protests don’t do any good. Anyone watching this scene knows that only some of the men on those trucks would wind up coming back home.

This is why the love of Mina’s life is hiding by a river under a large fig tree. Mina, the film’s Jewish heroine, visits him there. The beautiful surroundings present an incongruous calm, which reality threatens to disrupt at any moment. When Mina’s family prepares to immigrate to Israel, she looks for a way for her Christian beloved to join her on the journey.

The movie isn’t Davidian’s autobiography but she has mixed in scenes, feelings and memories from her childhood. She vividly recalls the day on which the movie’s “ingathering” is based: “I left school and saw there was a ‘gathering of young boys’ going on, that’s what they called it in Amharic, but in effect it was a kidnapping.”

Davidian’s family began preparing for Aliyah when she was eight. She was not very enthusiastic about the idea. “What interested me then were my friends, I didn’t want to leave them for another world,” she says.

Some years after arriving, Davidian enlisted in the army, where she was a teacher. She finished her service and met Ada Ushpiz, a documentary filmmaker who was making a movie about the Ethiopian community and looking for a researcher. Davidian signed on. After that project ended, she started the theater studies program at Tel-Hai College in northern Israel and then attended the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem.

She began writing the screenplay for Fig Tree during her final year of studies. In 2014 she entered it into an international theater incubator where she won a prize; two years later she directed a short film about her arrival to Israel. With My Face to the Wall won the prize for best independent short at the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival and best short film plot at the Jerusalem Film Festival.

Since Fig Tree takes place in Ethiopia, it made sense for it to be filmed there. Davidian and her producers, Naomi Levari and Saar Yogev, recruited an Israeli team and began searching for Ethiopian filmmakers to work alongside them. To do this, she says, they connected with an Ethiopian photographer who lived in the Netherlands for many years before returning to his homeland, where he established a cinema school to help establish a local film industry.

This is how a dozen Ethiopian students started scouting for amateur actors to play in Fig Tree. The lead actress, Betalehem Asmamawe, was discovered at a local theater group in Addis Ababa. Her acting in the film has been praised by Variety and Hollywood Reporter.

Tensions on the set

Davidian had already visited Ethiopia a few times after immigrating to Israel, but she brought some additional emotional baggage with her on the trip she took to make the film.

“I was so excited by the very fact that I was returning to Ethiopia and going to make the first full-length Israeli movie ever filmed there, and my plans were to make it an international film for all the world to see,” she says with a laugh. “I went there with a crazy fantasy, and I felt that here I was going to save the world, portray characters that would reach the whole world. It was important to me to show how not all the people there are cut out of the same cloth, that there are human beings behind all the stories you see about immigrants on television—to show that there are human beings there, that there’s life and that people don’t leave a place where life is good. Many refugees leave their homeland because they have no choice, to save their lives. It’s not that they want to work as cleaners for white people. That’s not their dream.”

Davidian wanted her movie to reach the whole world but the Ethiopian authorities had their own plans. They not only demanded to see the script ahead of time but also sent two representatives to monitor the filming and make sure that nothing forbidden or suspicious took place on the set.

The filming itself was no small challenge. The Israeli crew were professionals, but the Ethiopians working with them were students or had a background in television and most lacked experience in film. Even though the director was Ethiopian, it didn’t take long for problems to arise on the set: The Israelis were the professionals in the lead, with the Ethiopians as their assistants.

The Israelis felt insulted that they weren’t being accepted. The Ethiopians, meanwhile, told Davidian that they were doing the film for her and not for them, “so [the Israelis] shouldn’t tell us what to do,” she says. Suddenly there was a racial war going on.

“I asked myself, how did this happen? It seems that this kind of encounter automatically brings in issues that have nothing to do with what is going on. I imagine that if we could have cleared away all their prejudices, our situation would have been better,” she adds.

“Second-class citizen”

Davidian’s life partner is cinematographer Kobi Davidian. The couple, who has three children, has worked together over the past five years to establish an Ethiopian Jewish archive. The project is funded by a Swiss charity and this summer they plan to publish the 100 testimonies they have collected on a website and make it accessible to everyone.

Davidian thinks that the way Israelis treat black people has deteriorated over the last 30 years. “I remember my own absorption process,” she says. “Many people came to the [absorption] center to play with us, to support us, invite us over; families invited us over for Shabbat, took us on hikes, did wonderful things. Today, though, there are cries of ‘don’t bring them here,’ ‘go back to Ethiopia,’ as though there’s some great fear of us.”

She participated in the 2015 protests that drew many members of the Ethiopian community into the street to rally against discrimination and racism and bring attention to their particularly harsh treatment at the hands of the police.

“It’s very humiliating to be a black person in this country,” she says. “It’s clear to me that I’m a second-class citizen because of so many things that happen here—schools that have a quota for Ethiopian immigrants, or people who don’t want to rent us a place to live.

“Last year, for instance, we wanted to move and at a certain point I decided to change my name and tell them on the phone that my name was Alamork, so that I wouldn’t have to explain that it’s an Amharic name. Because I understood that the many times I would explain this on the phone, landlords didn’t want to continue the conversation. So it’s true that there were people who were willing to let me live in their homes and agreed to lower the rent after we met them. But I know that I live in a place where I don’t feel entirely secure because I’m a marked person.”

The 2015 protests, she says, allowed Israelis of Ethiopian origin to express “strong unapologetic criticism, especially against the violence of bureaucracy.” The protests weren’t just caused by the police beating of a young man from the community, but were an outcry erupting against a great deal of injustice.

“It was about a younger generation rising up to say, ‘Enough of this,’” Davidian says. “We earn less than half the average wage. Enough failed education, enough police racism and discrimination against us.”

She says that in film, too, parity for Ethiopians is a distant dream: “The number of Ethiopian-origin filmmakers in Israel is still tiny, and Ethiopians are largely unrepresented on the television screen. The number of features created by members of the Ethiopian community can be counted on one hand: Shmuel Bru directed Zerubbabel in 2008, a film that was only 70 minutes long, not exactly a feature; Bazi Gete directed Red Leaves in 2015; and Esti Almo directed Lady Titi [Singing Blues] last year. That’s it.”

The reason filmmakers are so rare within the Ethiopian community in Israel, Davidian says, is financial. “Look, for me this has been a struggle,” she says. “Filmmaking is a privilege, to be an artist is a privilege for people with economic support. It’s not the most practical life in the world. It’s really important for people to do it because it’s a kind of communication that can build bridges and create understanding, but we must remember that it’s an expensive profession and it doesn’t pay well. And for me as well, I still find it hard to say I’m a filmmaker. Because wait—I’m just getting started. I have a long way to go before I can say I have succeeded in developing my own voice.”

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‘Second-class Citizen’ in Israel, Ethiopian-born Screenwriter Tackles Ignorance of Her Birthplace

Alamork Davidian found out she was 40 only a month ago. She had spent four decades of her life not knowing her exact age, sailing in a cloud of rather pleasant calendrical uncertainty. For years she learned to like this blurry timing situation, the indefiniteness. But now when she’s asked about her age, she smiles. Having never been able to answer that simple, basic question, “How old are you?” she understands that from now on she will have to provide an unequivocal reply, like everyone else.

“My mother remembered my birthday but not the exact year I was born,” she says. “She showed me a picture she had found in which I was celebrating my first birthday. It says it was taken in 1971 according to the Ethiopian calendar.”

Haaretz