Salem Mekuria (born 1947) is an Ethiopian-born independent filmmaker,
video artist and educator living in the United States.Mekuria was born
in Addis Ababa. She was educated there and in Axum, and moved to the
United States in 1967 where she studied political science and
journalism at Macalester College. Mekuria earned a MA in education
technology and media production from San Francisco State University in
1978. She later worked at the WGBH TV station in Boston, starting as a
secretary but eventually becoming a producer for the Nova series.
Mekuria is the Luella LaMer Professor of Women's Studies in the Art
department at Wellesley College.She writes, produces and directs films
and video installations related to Ethiopia. Her work has appeared at
the 50th Venice Biennale, the CinemAfrica Film Festival in Sweden, the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the National Museum of African Art of the
Smithsonian Institution, documenta 11 in Berlin and the New York
African Film Festival in New York City.
video artist and educator living in the United States.Mekuria was born
in Addis Ababa. She was educated there and in Axum, and moved to the
United States in 1967 where she studied political science and
journalism at Macalester College. Mekuria earned a MA in education
technology and media production from San Francisco State University in
1978. She later worked at the WGBH TV station in Boston, starting as a
secretary but eventually becoming a producer for the Nova series.
Mekuria is the Luella LaMer Professor of Women's Studies in the Art
department at Wellesley College.She writes, produces and directs films
and video installations related to Ethiopia. Her work has appeared at
the 50th Venice Biennale, the CinemAfrica Film Festival in Sweden, the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the National Museum of African Art of the
Smithsonian Institution, documenta 11 in Berlin and the New York
African Film Festival in New York City.
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