Salem Mekuria | |
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Born | 1947 (age 75–76) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Alma mater | Macalester College, San Francisco State University |
Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, video artist |
Salem Mekuria (born 1947) is an Ethiopian-born independent filmmaker, video artist and educator living in the United States. [1]
Mekuria was born in Addis Ababa. She was educated there and in Axum, and moved to the United States in 1967 where she studied political science and journalism at Macalester College. Mekuria earned a MA in education technology and media production from San Francisco State University in 1978. She later worked at the WGBH TV station in Boston, starting as a secretary but eventually becoming a producer for the Nova series. Mekuria is the Luella LaMer Professor of Women's Studies in the Art department at Wellesley College. [2] [3]
She writes, produces and directs films and video installations related to Ethiopia. [4] Her work has appeared at the 50th Venice Biennale, the CinemAfrica Film Festival in Sweden, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the National Museum of African Art of the Smithsonian Institution, documenta 11 in Berlin and the New York African Film Festival in New York City. [5]
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