Salem Mekuria

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Salem Mekuria
Born1947 (age 77–78)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Alma materMacalester 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]

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Life and work

Mekuria was born in Addis Ababa. She was educated in Axum and in Addis Ababa where she visited the Empress Menen School for Girls and later started studies in architecture at the Haile Selassie I University. [2] She 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. [3] [4]

She writes, produces and directs films and video installations related to Ethiopia. [5] 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. [6]

Works

[3] [5] [7]

Films

Video installations

Awards

[3] [5] [6] [7]

Fellowships

Film awards

References

  1. 1 2 Bullen Coutts, Alexandra (1 July 2018). "Finding Home". Martha's Vineyard Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  2. ↑ Freytag, Philipp. "Mekuria, Salem". Artists of the World (in German). Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  3. 1 2 3 "Salem Mekuria". Ethiopian Women Unleashed. Archived from the original on 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
  4. ↑ "Artists". Possible Cities/Imaging Africa. Haverford College. 25 July 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "Salem Mekuria". Wellesley College.
  6. 1 2 3 "SalemMekuria". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.
  7. 1 2 "Salem Mekuria". Women Make Movies.
  8. ↑ "Salem Mekuria". African Film Festival New York.
  9. ↑ "Appendix A: The Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College 1991-92 Fellows" (PDF). Technical Report. Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College. p. 19. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 10, 2016.
  10. ↑ Ukadike, Nwachukwu Frank; Teshome H. Gabriel (2002). Questioning African Cinema: Conversations with Filmmakers . University of Minnesota Press. pp.  239–252. ISBN   9780816640041. JSTOR   10.5749/j.ctttv6tx.
  11. ↑ "Salem Mekuria". Institut für Raumexperimente.


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