Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
ActorHaile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916. He is widely considered a defining figure in modern Ethiopian history, and the key figure of Rastafari, a religious movement in Jamaica that emerged shortly after he became emperor in the 1930s. He was a member of the Solomonic dynasty, which claims to trace lineage to Emperor Menelik I, believed to be the son of King Solomon and Makeda the Queen of Sheba.
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King Kong: Monster and Myth
2024
Self (archive footage)
The March on Rome
2022
Self (archive footage)
Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party
2016
Self (archive footage)
The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
2008
Self
Etiopia 1936: alla conquista dell'impero
2004
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
1979
Self (archive footage)
The Unknown Famine
1973
Self
Flame of Persia
1971
Self
Africa Goes to the Fair
1966
Self
- Primo Piano: Hailé Selassié, imperatore d'Etiopia
Primo Piano: Hailé Selassié, imperatore d'Etiopia
1965
Himself (archive)
To Arms, We Are Fascists!
1962
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini: Anatomy of a Dictator
1962
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adventures on the New Frontier
1961
Self
The Century Is Fifty
1950
Self
Death of a Dream
1950
Self (Archive Footage)
United We Stand
1942
Self (archive footage)
The Fight For Peace
1939
Self (archive footage)
