Ongota - a dying language

Status

in development

Film
Synopsis

Ongota is a documentary about vulnerability. The setting is a dying language in Ethiopia and Graziano Sava, a Sicilian linguist whose goal is to preserve it. He documents the old Africa as the new arrives on his doorstep in rickety boats in his native region. During his research, he is diagnosed with a mental condition. Is he fighting time like a modern Don Quixote?

Graziano sitting in a circle in Ongota. He is wearing headphones and holding a piece of paper with translations. Around him are local tribes people. He is being interviewed.