Black Lions – Roman Wolves: The Children of Adwa is a 2026 five-part documentary film directed, produced and narrated by Haile Gerima, chronicling Ethiopian resistance to colonialism during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. The film debuted at the Berlinale in February 2026.
Synopsis The film is composed of archival footage and contemporaneous eyewitness interviews.
Production Gerima began work on the film in 2008.
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