Synopsis
On 10 March 2019, a Boeing 737 MAX airplane crashed just six minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. All 157 people on board perished, including Max Thabiso Edkins, the younger brother of director Teboho Edkins. He and his father, film producer Don Edkins, decided to travel together to the crash site in order to seek something tangible in their grief.
What they find is a community in which mourning is an important part of the culture. Just as for the Edkins family, the lives of the villagers have also been turned upside down by the crash. In a deeply moving experience, they discover that the community members who welcome them regard the crash victims as visiting guests, whom they have taken into their hearts as brothers and sisters.
Their compassion contrasts starkly with the calculating stance of airplane manufacturer Boeing. As if attempting somehow to connect with his brother’s spirit, the filmmaker immerses himself in the sounds of the disaster site.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Co-production : Survivance
- Foreign production company : Day Zero Film UG
Full credits (7)
- Screenwriter : Teboho Edkins
- Director of Photography : Jide Tom Akinleminu
- Editor : Anne Fabini
- Sound Recordist : Teboho Edkins
- Foreign Producer : Don Edkins
- Co-producer : Carine Chichkowsky
- Sound design : Bertrand Larrieu
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Production language : Amharic, English
- Coproducer countries : South Africa, France, Germany
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 2025
- Runtime : 38 min
- Color type : Color and Black & White
News & awards
News (2)
Selections (1)
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
The Netherlands, 2025
Compétition internationale
Awards (1)
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
The Netherlands, 2025
IDFA Award for Best Short Documentary
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