Hailu Mergia

First aired on TV on the BBC Two on 29 September 1989, this second episode of the documentary series "Under African Skies", a grand project aimed at presenting the rich diversity of contemporary African music of those days and known for its unforgettable memento "A celebration of the new sounds of a continent. " traverses the nostalgic roots and the euphoric contours of Ethiopian music of the '80s.

Francis Falceto découvre lors d'une soirée dans sa ville natale de Poitiers un album de musique éthiopienne. Son engouement est le point de départ à la redécouverte de tout un pan de cette musique qui a bien failli disparaitre. Il part à la rencontre de cette génération perdue de musiciens, dans l'idée de rééditer ces albums qui deviendront mythiques.

A short film documenting Ethiopian musician Hailu Mergia's life as the leader of the Walias Band in the 1970, his immigration to the United States and his subsequent re-emergence as a performer in 2014.