@ Nolawi:
its habesha in tigrinya and abesha in amharic. what’s ur deal with being upset with people when they pronounce it a different way. Both are correct in their own language!

Languages aren’t wrong or right, they just are what they are. What is wrongly pronounced in one language may be correct in another. Its all a matter of your own perspective.

So by being ticked off, you are giving the impression that you feel one language is better than another. which is definitely not true. Everyone’s language is beautiful, and it is not our place to judge

i think it was a good production in terms of cinematography,yea it could have been better, but it tells the story! the story line could have been improved though, at times it feels like the director is taking too much time to build the story( at the beginning) and at the end it feels like the story is rushed …
i.e where her boyfriend tells her to have a threesome… who the hell tells his girlfriend he is cheating, he is in love with another her friend and he wants a threesome in a short instance …

@ Nolawi:

At the end of the day, what difference does it really make if they refer to it as ‘Habesha’ or ‘Abesha’? I have found your comments in the past to be quite intelligent and am disappointed by this one, as it seems uncharacteristic.

.you know im saceard . for you .because . you went .to be made cansil . this your promiss . do you say im deel with .anaxose . so people tray to send for me something

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for. Saved me some time.

Bookmarked

I enjoyed it… But need to be a bit fast paced before I recommend it to my friends…. I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE HE ASKED HER FOR THREESOME IS JUST ME WHO IS SURPRISED BY HIS REQUEST….. HE IS SUCH A KNUCKLEHEAD… Waiting 3 WEEKS IS TOOO LONG!!! Over all great JOB!!!!

Nolawi & co., why do you “hate” it when people use Habesha instead of Abesha?

Please amuse me.

i hope the filmmakers have one about the strange phenomenon which is family relations in habeshalife

Nyala in that case it true then wen do have gunz and drugz in the community

Man, three ways is also my dream, lol.
My father used to have two or three wife’s, at the same time. Here I am in the US single and lonely lonely.

haha anonx, soft-porn? no actually I would say more on the hardish side but Abesha’s coming up

The film shouldve been shot on a 7.2mm film instead of 8.mm, the sound board is set on the wrong wavelength that is why the scene fading is uneqivical, forshadowing needs ample work, the bridge is non existant, they need more donuts on set!!

I have no idea what any of the above statements mean, I have no knowlegde on how to make a film, I just made it up.

Nice work for a Pilot episode!!!

nyala- lol i sense soft porn in the making…

I have to tell y’all that this is mild compared to the purported inspiration of this series.

overall cinematography was excellent. acting was superb considering the fact that they are non-professional actors and probably their first time on screen…

Well, I have to agree with most of you that the story line is shallow and (contrary to the title) decidedly un habesha/ unabesha. Most of all, it lacks context and structure which forced the episode to start and end abruptly. I really could not see a bridge line that will possibly connect this episode with the next. And the acting itself is a bit too artificial- and sometimes feels forced. The bf is the worst!

I liked the B&W thing though.

I agree with a lot of ppl here that a typical h/abesha life story was expected…and that this is far from h/abesha life (at least, I would like to think our men have more dignity than portrayed.)Hopefully, the next episode will be better.
Annox(43), wasn’t generalising. Sorry if u felt that way. I find it funny when any h/abesha say s/he isn’t one…and it did happen many times when I was with Eritreans (of course it doesn’t mean all Eritreans say so…I know coz I am one and I do say ‘yes’ whenever I am asked if I was H/abesha).

Oh, it was boring. I didn’t see anything like habesha…ANYTHING! So, why are we watching this shit? Because we are habeshas and the guys who made the movie are habeshas too. This is crap!

Nol, do u have to explain about the threesome part? How did you know what he was trying to say?

I agree with annox on #46. The title is misleading and it should have been a different title. …say ‘betrayal’ ‘two-timer’. I was expecting more of the struggles and triumphs of Habesh in the western world and not some relationship drama.

Addis Tunes I’m with you…it’s like how we made fun of the disco dancers on ‘Hibre Tireat’ growing up…and now you go on youtube and see it and you go ‘they were FUUNNKKKYYYYY!!!’

#46….I am afraid you’re taking the whole thing a wee bit seriously…
One cannot read too much into the title (except when it is to condemn the use of the letter H)…and besides, Abesha life or not, tacky or not, the themes in the piece are universal… love, jealousy, anger, faithfulness, insecurity…I saw the characters as individuals seeking self-actualization(thank you psychology 101)like the rest of us humans and not as stereotypes of Abesha men…

Lol at the beauty comments…me gonna turn the volume on now

What of the moral of the story? I am buffled to think this is habesha life, its not…this can’t be the choices of men available to an habesha woman, americanized or not. More apt title should be : the pervert, thug wanna be,and joker available to habesha bitch in the process.it very cruel depiction of habesha men or its a fake ass idealization of ghetto life, nothing to write home about. If this thing turn out to be all about what a pervert wants, and the men ogling at a fat ass and the girl played like a pinball…. go sell it in the ghetto, aint buying it.

I love the creative energy!! Just like early recordings of music, a lot of these films will one day be appreciated for the creator’s willingness to step out on a limb and try something different (i.e. B&W vs. color, etc.). I just enjoy watching the artists grow and evolve. Keep up the good work! Gobez!

sigh

YOU NEED TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH INSTEAD OF SIGNING MY DEAR.
Beauty is subjective .what I percieve to be beautiful is what I percieve to be beautiful .You don’t have to agree with me.I think you are overreacting to my comments and yes I still think semhar is average ,run of the mill (on the physical part) abesha.
BTW annox thinks otherwise , so you should take comfort in his comments and know that people think differently or even oppositely .AGAIN SUBJECTIVE YENE KONJO.

Wud–
I wish you had said ‘some’ Eritrean.If I generalize about ethio I would say: you all get mad if ever asked ‘r you ethiopian or eritrean?’ Let not get into though

I like the black and white.

This must be DC abesha life.

In real life:

1. If SHE Was just told by a boyfriend that he is cheating. She would have called her other girlfriend and then cry etc. And then the friend will tell her “he is not worth it, you could do better” etc.
That will make her feel better.
Then the friend will call the friend who IS Cheating. Then she will call her other friends etc.and the rest is history.
It will be in the evening news.

I would not have gone to Mamush. How many girl will go to a guy instead of a girlfriend?

2. She needs to work on getting rally mad. Like slapping the hell out of him.

3. will she be driving after drinking like that? maybe the next episode will tell us.