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Set in 1935 Ethiopia with the threat of Mussolini's army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles to adapt to her new life as a maid in Kidane & his wife Aster's household. Kidane, an officer in Emperor Haile Selassie's army, rushes to mobilize his strongest men before the Italians invade. His initial kindness to Hirut shifts into a flinty cruelty when she resists his advances, and Hirut finds herself tumbling into a new world of thefts and violations, of betrayals and overwhelming rage. As the war begins in earnest, Hirut, Aster, and the other women long to do more than care for the wounded and bury the dead. When Emperor Haile Selassie goes into exile and Ethiopia quickly loses hope, it is Hirut who offers a plan to maintain morale. She helps disguise a gentle peasant as the emperor and soon becomes his guard, inspiring other women to take up arms against the Italians.

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The film's director Kasi Lemmons last directed Harriet and Black Nativity. The film's writer Kasi Lemmons last wrote Harriet and Black Nativity.

Director

Kasi Lemmons

Screenwriter

Kasi Lemmons

Producers

Charles Roven
Richard Suckle

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