安贝萨 Anbessa (2019)

“你知道，土狼不是坏人……现在你应该害怕的是人类。” 阿萨利夫和他的母亲与埃塞俄比亚各地涌现的所有其他住宅区一样，反对新建住宅区，继续他们在传统乡村社区的生活：放牧他们的动物，照料他们的花园，从树上摘水果。阿萨里夫的小屋没有电，但周围的高楼大厦的窗户在夜晚显得比月亮还亮。Asalif在新城市的街道上搜寻电子垃圾，并用发动机建造一艘宇宙飞船。他的母亲讲述古代传说。房地产开发商购买了更多的土地。阿萨里夫感到越来越受到威胁，被这个地区经常出没的看不见的土狼跟踪。在对主人公情感现实的敏锐把握下，纪录片制片人和摄像师莫·斯卡佩利（Mo Scarpelli）描绘了阿萨里夫转变成狮子安贝莎（Anbessa）的过程。 ‘You know, hyenas aren’t the bad ones… These days it’s humans you should fear.’ Asalif and his mother defy the newly-built housing estate which is like all the other ones springing up all over Ethiopia and continue their life within the traditional village community: grazing their animals, tending their gardens and picking fruit off the trees. Asalif’s hut lacks electricity, but the windows of the surrounding high-rises outshine the moon at night. Asalif scours the new city’s streets for electro-junk and builds a spaceship with an engine. His mother recounts ancient legends. Real estate developers buy up more land. Asalif feels increasingly threatened, stalked by the invisible hyena that haunts the area. With a sensitive grasp of her protagonist’s emotional reality, the documentary filmmaker and camerawoman Mo Scarpelli traces Asalif’s transformation into Anbessa, the lion.