film

The Medallion

BFI Doc Society: Made of Truth

Producer

Lily Usher

Director

Ruth Hunduma

Producer

Tolu Stedford

Producer

Charlotte Knowles

 

Production support

 

A single piece of jewellery can hold the story of generations. Ruth was barely a teenager when her mother passed down a Medallion, etched with the golden portrait of Nefertiti. Together, they go back to Ethiopia and explore her mother’s story as a survivor of the Red Terror genocide. Amidst a new civil war, the two revisit a country bursting with history and culture.  The Medallion is a story of hope, strength, and resistance.