The athlete

Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew (2009)

The film is a drama based on the life of the marathon runner Abebe Bikila.

It follows his life from when he ran barefoot in the Rome Olympics in 1960 to the tragic car accident 9 years later which left him paralysed from the waist down.

In English and Amharic in equal amounts and with optional English and Amharic subtitles.

AM FILM 3(DVD) Open Access