Israel’s English-subtitled premier of Lady Titi, the country’s first commercial film about the Ethiopian community and the first to be directed by an Ethiopian-Israeli, was recently held in Jerusalem. Nominated for three Ophirs, Israel’s version of the Oscars, the movie was released to theaters across the nation. Lady Titi tells the story of a young man named Worko, an Ethiopian-Israeli trying to make it in the music industry. To hide, he transforms himself into a woman named Titi and lands a job with a female-empowerment workshop at the local Ethiopian community center. Producer Elad Wexler and his wife, director Esti Almo-Wexler, established Abayenesh Productions, which produced Lady Titi, in part so that Ethiopian-Israelis could be better represented in films.

Source: Ethiopian News February 28, 2019 23:48 UTC