Shadow of His Wings

Shadow of His Wings

TFI Suppport

TFI Network 2017

Logline

 In Addis Ababa, a young filmmaker falls in love with an Ethiopian man who flees homophobic death threats in his native country to become France’s first LGBT refugee from Ethiopia.

Shadow of His Wings

Lucas Habte

DIRECTOR

Lucas Habte is an Ethiopian-American filmmaker based in New York City. After graduating from Harvard, he received the George Peabody Gardner Fellowship to Australia. He was a 2014-2015 Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Fellow in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. is his first feature documentary as director.

Shadow of His Wings

Isidore Bethel

PRODUCER

Isidore Bethel is a French-American filmmaker. A graduate of Harvard, l'École Normale Supérieure, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he has produced and edited works by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Dominique Cabrera, Laurent Bécue-Renard, and Juan Manuel Sepúlveda, with feature films at Cannes, IDFA, and MoMA.

Shadow of His Wings

Tigist Schmidt

PRODUCER

Tigist Schmidt is an international writer, filmmaker, and activist. She’s the 2013 recipient of the United Nations’ Helping Hands Award and the African Union’s 2014 Humanitarian Hero. Her company, Selam Productions, has produced shorts, installations, and music videos. She’s currently focusing on her first features that reflect the African experience.