- This film explores the Queen of Sheba's visit to Jerusalem using the environment to tell the story. Her relationship with King Solomon and the subsequent birth of their son, Menelik, is suggested through music, dancing and sounds. When Menelik grows up into manhood, he persuades his mother to allow him to see his father in Israel. This is depicted through mural paintings. A visit to Jerusalem is granted, and father and son are reunited upon arrival. At this point, Menelik is exposed to the Ark of the Covenant, and his plan to relocate it from Jerusalem to Ethiopia is communicated through mood music and images. When he returns back to Axum with the Ark of the Covenant, jubilant celebration with flutes and drums are used. Ethiopia now becomes a Judeo-Christian country. This offering demonstrates how African men have flourished within an African context in ancient history.—Anonymous
- The beauty of ancient Ethiopia is presented in the style of Cecil B. DeMille's 'Samson and Delilah'. The Queen of Sheba is given the same status as King Solomon, and their offspring, Menelik l, is given the same claim to antiquity as Samson.
This short film begins with a voiceover in the same way that 'Samson and Delilah' begins with a voiceover by Cecil B. DeMille. It then segues into song by local Ethiopians as a backdrop to painted images of Makeda travelling to Jerusalem to see King Solomon. The mountainous terrain of Ethiopia substitutes the terrain of ancient Israel. The film then concludes with Menelik l bringing Judeo-Christianity to Ethiopia, extending the antiquity of the Old Testament to the antiquity of North East Africa. The question is: is this film about the Queen of Sheba, Menelik l or Ethiopia?
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