GRANDPA WAS AN EMPEROR (2023)
Directed and Produced by Constance Marks
Produced by Corinne LaPook
Executive Produced by Cynthia Erivo and Solome Williams
A Constance Marks Production in association with Edith's Daughter Productions
GRANDPA WAS AN EMPEROR follows Yeshi Kassa, great-granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, as she embarks on a personal quest to discover what happened to her closest relatives during the coup of 1974. While Yeshi and her older sister were thousands of miles away in a British boarding school, her great-grandfather was deposed by a revolution, setting off a harrowing chain of events that would put her parents and siblings in grave danger. For the very first time, the royal family examines the events that led to the collapse of a 3,000-year-old dynasty and reflects on how, against all odds, they were able to survive this turbulent time in Ethiopian history.
GRANDPA WAS AN EMPEROR is now available to watch via Freestyle Digital Media on Apple TV, iTunes, Amazon and many other digital platforms.
Watch Michelle Miller talk with Yeshi Kassa, Cynthia Erivo and Constance Marks about GRANDPA WAS AN EMPEROR on CBS Saturday Morning.
