Imperfect Journey is a 1994 Ethiopian documentary film directed by Haile Gerima.
Imperfect Journey is a BBC commissioned film, exploring the political and psychic recovery of the Ethiopian people after the atrocities and political repression or "red terror" of the military junta of Mengistu Haile Mariam.
[1][2] The filmmaker questions the direction of the succeeding government and the will of the people in creating institutions guaranteeing their liberation.
Haile Gerima gave his thoughts on the film[3] The title meant something incomplete.
Due to the political and cultural climate in which it was done, I made an "imperfect film".