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Salem Mekuria (born 1947) is an Ethiopian-born independent filmmaker, video artist and educator living in the United States.[1]


Life and work


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]


Works


[2][4][6]


Films



Video installations



Awards


[2][4][5][6]


Fellowships



Film awards



References


  1. Bullen Coutts, Alexandra (1 July 2018). "Finding Home". Martha's Vineyard Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  2. "Salem Mekuria". Ethiopian Women Unleashed.
  3. "Artists". Possible Cities/Imaging Africa. Haverford College.
  4. "Salem Mekuria". Wellesley College.
  5. "SalemMekuria". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.
  6. "Salem Mekuria". Women Make Movies.
  7. "Salem Mekuria". African Film Festival New York.
  8. "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.
  9. Ukadike, Nwachukwu Frank; Teshome H. Gabriel (2002). Questioning African Cinema: Conversations with Filmmakers. pp. 239–252. JSTOR 10.5749/j.ctttv6tx.
  10. "Salem Mekuria". Institut für Raumexperimente.






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