Addis Ababa –– “Running Movie”, a documentary film narrating Haile Satayin’s captivating journey to compete and win the marathon, will be screened on Wednesday, February 27, 7 PM, at the Italian Cultural Institute (free entrance). Satayin is recorded as the oldest marathon runner in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
A Vice Versa Films production, this documentary, which runs for 48 minutes with Hebrew and English subtitles, touches upon runner Haile Satayin’s efforts to participate in the 2012 Olympics as well. Satayin has been a long-distance runner as a child in Ethiopia, but became a marathon runner only after immigrating to Israel in the 1990s. Now, in his 50s, he keeps on running all over the world.
We follow him as he practices in Ethiopia, far from his wife and children, and witness his moments of victory and defeat as he competes in marathons around the world – from Berlin, Germany to Tiberias, Israel. Despite his financial difficulties and struggles with the cultural gaps as an immigrant in Israel, Satayin believes that he has no choice: he runs as if his survival depends on it.
Director: Omer Peled
Producer: Gidi Avivi
Please join us on the 27th.