NYC Premiere!
TAKE ME TO FENDIKA (2024)
directed by Cisco Bradley
Take Me to Fendika a 23-minute documentary film that illuminates the traditional and innovative musical culture of Ethiopia at what has been called “the best venue in Africa”—Fendika—through its founder, world-renowned dancer, Melaku Belay. This film tells the story of how this vital space came into being and how it continues to serve as a place for artists to invent and reinvent Ethiopian modernity and place it in dialogue with global culture.
Post-screening conversation w/ Q & A with Cisco Bradley, director, author of the books: The Williamsburg Avant-Garde (2023), Universal Tonality (2021), and the forthcoming book, I Hear Freedom (2026), among others.
$15
Winner:
Best Documentary, Africa-USA Film Festival (Cannes)
Best Documentary, 2nd African Cultural Film Festival (Houston)
Best International Documentary, 3rd Zepstone International Film & Music Festival (Salt Lake City)
Best Director of a Documentary Short, London Vision Film Festival (UK)
Other Primary Credits:
Setshi Ford, associate director, director of photography
Briana Monet, editor
Lily Iserson, producer
Salem Daniel, co-producer