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Animal Shorts

Hairat

6m 37s

Directed by Jessica Beshir • 2017 • Ethiopia

Yussuf Mume Saleh journeys nightly into the outskirts of the walled city of Harar to bond with his beloved hyenas, a ritual he has practiced for over thirty-five years. Shot in black and white, HAIRAT is a meditation on this uniquely symbiotic relationship between man and wild beast.

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