Yenegen Alweldim

At a time of roundtheclock curfews government surveillance and streets littered with the bodies of antirevolutionaries Adugna struggles to maintain some normality and train his football team When the teams rising stars are put under surveillance Adugnas wife pleads with him to quit his passion and conform but he knows this would mean forcible recruitment into the governmentapproved security force Based on the book by sports journalist Genene Mekuria the film depicts one of Ethiopias darkest moments and uses football as a beacon of hope and distraction from the impounding fear of the Qey Shibir Red Terror of 197778