Film

Grandpa Was an Emperor

2023 · 1h 32m · Documentary

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100%

The documentary follows Yeshi Kassa, great-granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, as she embarks on a personal quest to discover what happened to her closest relatives during the coup of 1974. While Yeshi and her older sister were thousands of miles away in a British boarding school, her great-grandfather was deposed by a revolution, setting off a harrowing chain of events that would put her parents and siblings in grave danger. For the very first time, the royal family examines the events that led to the collapse of a 3,000-year-old dynasty and reflects on how, against all odds, they were able to survive this turbulent time in Ethiopian history.

• Constance MarksDirector · Producer
• Corinne LaPookProducer
• Cynthia ErivoExecutive Producer
• Solome WilliamsExecutive Producer
• Barney BroomfieldDirector of Photography
• Kyle I. KelleyDirector of Photography
• Richard ChisolmDirector of Photography
• Bob EisenhardtEditor

Official Trailer

Release date

April 7, 2023

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Documentary