Esti Almo Wexler or Esti Almo (Hebrew: × ×¡×ª×™ עלמו
וקסלר‎) is an Ethiopian-Israeli film director, writer, and
cinematographer. Along with her husband Elad, she is the founder of
Abayenesh Productions. Her works strive to tell the stories and
hardships of Israeli-Ethiopian Jews.Almo Wexler emigrated to Israel at
the age of four, joining her family members who had emigrated there in
prior years. In high school, she studied art and design, and often
participated in extra-curricular theater activities after school.
After completing her mandatory two-year military service, she studied
cinema and storytelling at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design where
she got her undergraduate degree and graduated with a masters from Tel
Aviv University but could not secure employment and ultimately moved
back to her parents house, where she eventually took up film-making
and writing about her community's issues.In high school she produced
an animated short called Written in the Sand. Almo Wexler's first
professional work was a short film titled Summer of 89 released in
2013. Her first full-length film was titled Lady Titi Singing Blues or
sometimes just Lady Titi a comedy-drama about the length an
Ethiopian-Israeli individual goes to find employment. Although a
comedy, it deals with serious issues affecting the Ethiopian-Israeli
community, including poverty, underemployment, and institutional
racism. Almo Wexler also directed a documentary titled Looking for
Tena, about a family's efforts to find a relative in Sudan who had
converted to Islam and given up their Jewish culture. The documentary
dealt with double rejection of the family, both from Israeli society
but also from the Ethiopian Jewish community.She is married to Elad
Wexler, whom she met when the two studied at Bezalel Academy of Arts
and Design. They are also business partners, and have their own film
company they co-own named Abayenesh Productions. Esti and Elad have
two children.
וקסלר‎) is an Ethiopian-Israeli film director, writer, and
cinematographer. Along with her husband Elad, she is the founder of
Abayenesh Productions. Her works strive to tell the stories and
hardships of Israeli-Ethiopian Jews.Almo Wexler emigrated to Israel at
the age of four, joining her family members who had emigrated there in
prior years. In high school, she studied art and design, and often
participated in extra-curricular theater activities after school.
After completing her mandatory two-year military service, she studied
cinema and storytelling at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design where
she got her undergraduate degree and graduated with a masters from Tel
Aviv University but could not secure employment and ultimately moved
back to her parents house, where she eventually took up film-making
and writing about her community's issues.In high school she produced
an animated short called Written in the Sand. Almo Wexler's first
professional work was a short film titled Summer of 89 released in
2013. Her first full-length film was titled Lady Titi Singing Blues or
sometimes just Lady Titi a comedy-drama about the length an
Ethiopian-Israeli individual goes to find employment. Although a
comedy, it deals with serious issues affecting the Ethiopian-Israeli
community, including poverty, underemployment, and institutional
racism. Almo Wexler also directed a documentary titled Looking for
Tena, about a family's efforts to find a relative in Sudan who had
converted to Islam and given up their Jewish culture. The documentary
dealt with double rejection of the family, both from Israeli society
but also from the Ethiopian Jewish community.She is married to Elad
Wexler, whom she met when the two studied at Bezalel Academy of Arts
and Design. They are also business partners, and have their own film
company they co-own named Abayenesh Productions. Esti and Elad have
two children.
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