Harvest: 3,000 Years, also called by its Amharic name Mirt Sost Shi Amit (ምርት "፫ሺህ ዓመት" mirt "sost shīh ‘amet"), is a 1976 Ethiopian film directed by Haile Gerima.

Plot

For the production of Mirt Sost Shi Amit (Harvest: 3,000 Years) Gerima returned to his native Ethiopia to produce the tale of a poor peasant family who eke out an existence within a brutal, exploitative, and feudal system of labor.

Production

Harvest: 3,000 Years was shot on black and white 16mm film. It used non-actors, and was shot in the midst of a civil war after the overthrow of Haile Selassie. Haile Gerima has said "The first film I made in Ethiopia, Harvest: 3000 Years, shows you the actual footprints of my youth, of where I grew up with my father and the rest of my family"

Cast