The emperor's birthday
Subtitle: the Rasatafarians celebrate.
Series: Witness
Publisher: Volcano Film for Channel 4
Published: 2000
Language: eng
Format: Videorecording
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Haile Sellassie -- I, -- Emperor of Ethiopia, -- 1892-1975.; Rastafari movement -- Ethiopia.
Description: The Emperor's Birthday, using old footage and interviews, sifts through the sequence of events that led to a Rastafarian movement in Ethiopia, England and the Caribbean. It shows that the movement was both political and spiritual. Curiously, the Emperor was mostly indifferent to them.