Hello Ladies
in developmentA documentary film about sister-ancestors, speech acts and resistance, populated by women who write and re-write history and culture in Ethiopia.
Credits
Director, Writer and Producer
- Deborah Stratman
Co-producer
- Zsuzsanna Kiràly – Flaneur Films
Technical information
USA, GermanyFunding provided by
- Art of Non-Fiction Program Sundance
Bio/Filmo Deborah Stratman
Artist and filmmaker Deborah Stratman makes work that investigates issues of power, control and belief, exploring how places, ideas, and society are intertwined. Recent projects have addressed freedom, sinkholes, comets, orthoptera, surveillance, manifest destiny, infrastructure, levitation and faith. She has exhibited internationally at venues including MoMA NY, Centre Pompidou, Hammer Museum, Mercer Union, Witte de With, the Whitney Biennial and festivals including Sundance, Viennale, Berlinale, CPH/DOX, Oberhausen, Ann Arbor, Full Frame and Rotterdam. Stratman is the recipient of an Alpert Award, Fulbright, Guggenheim and USA Collins Fellowships and grants from Creative Capital, Graham Foundation and Wexner Center for the Arts. She teaches at the University of Illinois at Chicago.