Melody of Love

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World Premiere

FEATURE | Argentina, Belgium, Ethiopia, Germany | 85 MINUTES | English | English subtitles

MELODY OF LOVE

Experimental, Dance, Music, Expressions of Black Freedom

Clad in slim jeans and a leather jacket, with his electric guitar strapped to his back, jazz musician Michael (Elijah Reid) cuts an effortlessly cool figure as he moves through the streets of Addis Ababa. Playing the nightclubs of his beloved city and excited by the promise of an upcoming tour, Michael is every bit the working musician. When his mother asks him to join her in Brussels, the guitarist falls into deep existential dread at the thought of leaving and becoming part of the diaspora in a continent defined by its history of white entitlement and mistreatment. Michael sets out to bid loved ones goodbye, enjoying the simple pleasures of the city one last time. He comes to find a deeper purpose and a revolutionary reason for being in this jazzy, intimate look at the emotional toll of colonialism and the forced displacement at its cruel center.


Writer/director Edmundo Bejarano has crafted a richly layered, naturalistic portrait of displacement not just as a physical reality but as a historically shaped emotional space. With saturated nighttime lensing by Carlos Vargas, Melody of Love authentically captures the psychological toll of being culturally de-centered and the strategies needed to overcome it.––Cedar Sherbert

In Person

Sat June 10 - 2:45 PM
Closed Captions available

Sun June 11 - 8:45 PM
Closed Captions available

Sat June 17 - 6:00 PM
Closed Captions available

*Rush Tickets available at venue except for Beacon Theatre
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CAST & CREDITS

Directed by Edmundo Bejarano

Director
Edmundo Bejarano
Producer
Carlos Vargas
Screenwriter
Edmundo Bejarano
Cinematographer
Carlos Vargas
Editor
Michal Henan
Composer
Shaman Herrera / Jonovan Cooper / Jorga Mesfin / Abiy Woldemariam
Cast
Elijah Reid

CONTACTS

Press Contact
Carlos Vargas
Kopperkollektive GmbH
Berlin, 10249
Phone: 157 50994307
carlos@kopperkollektive.com
US Sales Contact
Carlos Vargas
Kopperkollektive GmbH
Berlin, 10249
Phone: 157 50994307
carlos@kopperkollektive.com