User:Solomon A '' blackzion''

Solomon A aka 'Black zion'(born and raised in Addis Ababa Ethiopia). his father moved from Ethiopia to Toronto 1998 in downtown Regent Park area soon after he came to Canada at the age of 17. Growing up, he was always very eager to learn new things and  learned them fast! his parents used to call me Felasfa, which means’ philosopher’, because of he hunger for knowledge, which he  also incorporated with the arts and film as a means of telling his story. When he was a young boy, he  always dreamed that he would be an artist, or at least someone known for something big. his grandfather used to tell him… “If you worked hard and put your mind into it, you could do anything”. literally believed the words. Then and there decided to pursue his  passion and since then I worked hard to be know as best filmmaker in the world.

Solomon aka (Black Zion) Ethiopian filmmaker writer and director studied film production in Vancouver film school and worked with few directors in short films and music videos and commercial he is more interested in spike lee movies because spike  movies are  more focused on African American history racial issues and religious and political value of black people and  stories that d deal with the  history of the Atlantic slave trade something that can change peoples mind in the way they think of about racism

I also wrote and directed a documentary called Hope. This documentary is based on comparing the differences between immigrant youth who migrated to Canada like myself, and what it is like to be a Canadian born youth. The main reason I wanted to do this documentary is because I am passionate about topics relating to hope, faith, religion, and cultural racism

Hope short documentary

I wrote and directed it and it’s the doc is called - HOPE. This documentary is based on the Canadian immigrants experience and comparing it to those that were born in Canada between the age of 19 to 26. The main reason I wanted to do this documentary is because I am very passionate about topics relating to hope, faith, religion, and cultural also our young generation are loosing their hope and faith and giving up the greatest gift that God has given to them so I want to let the young generation to know There is hope for everything what you have planned for and achieving your goals that we are the next hope I have always been interested in making films, writing poetry, or doing some kind of story telling about hope. I was inspired by my experiences and life changing events I have been through as an immigrant, and this Idea compelled me to make this documentary. I feel that my vision will bring awareness