Diplomat (film)

Diplomat
Theatrical film poster
Directed byNoad Geshaw
Starring
Distributed byMekdi Productions
Release date
  • 15 January 2012 (2012-01-15)[1]
Running time
95 minutes
CountryEthiopia
LanguageAmharic

Diplomat is a 2012 Ethiopian spy thriller film directed by Naod Gashaw and produced by Mekdi Productions.[2][3] Premiered on 15 January 2012, the film stars with Mahlet Shumete (Kidist) and Meron Getnet (Melat) as members of intellegence team at National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) while Andrias Asnakew as Rick is double agent on a mission who want to attack against Ethiopia by assassinating foreign presidents in order to deter Ethiopia's diplomatic relationship.

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  3. ^ Jedlowski, Alessandro; Thomas, Michael W. (2016-10-21). "Representing 'otherness' in African popular media: Chinese characters in Ethiopian video-films". Journal of African Cultural Studies. 29 (1): 63–80. doi:10.1080/13696815.2016.1241704. ISSN 1369-6815. S2CID 151781855.