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From: Sesin Seyoum (sesin04@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Sat Apr 09 2011 - 14:00:11 EDT
‘Sidra’.
‘Sidra’ has become one of the most cherished shows in the Eritrean TV. It delivers much more than 25 minutes of laughs and life lessons. Perhaps, few could have predicted that ‘Sidra’ would become the most awaited TV show by viewers inside and outside of Eritrea. With the modernization of technology, those who are not able to watch it on TV can catch it online-- thanks to websites such as eastafro. Nearly everyone could relate to the warm and loving family of ZereSenay (Desale Tekle), his wife Ghenet (Sidon Redie) and their children Aklilu (Mulughete H/Gaber), Tmnit (Fiyori Jusophe), baby Mikal (Selam Teklezhghi) with their grandmother Adey Rigbe (Atsbehet Yohans).
The family of ZereSenay lead their principled life by being example to other families. They educate viewers that, by being principled and having planned lifestyle, you can lead a peaceful and progressive life-from keeping food on the table to protecting your children from street crimes and wrongdoings. The show is also tribute, especially to the resilience of low-income family determined to be better than their circumstances. It also brings the notion that by having a good communication within family members, hard circumstances can be eased. The good communication between Zeresenay and Ghenet creates a peaceful family life. Ghenet tolerates her mother in law Adey Regbe because her husband treats her with respect and delivers his fair-share day in and day out.
As every act from Atsbehet Yohans to baby Selam Teklezhghi is so natural at what they do, it's no surprise that TV viewers have become addicted to the show. Sidra became different from other TV shows as it delivers the daily occurrences in the Eritrean households- whether it is Aklilu arguing with his sister Tmint, Zeresenay disciplining his children or Adey Rigbe’s hilarious complaints that the daughter-in-law Ghenet does not look after her properly. More importantly, it manages this feat while presenting families from all backgrounds.
Of course, the show has its shortcomings. Perhaps some attention to detail is needed. For instance on the April 9th episode when Aklilu and his friend finished their exercise in the gym, instead of drinking unhealthy drink like Coca-Cola, it would have been better if they had fresh fruit juice. The message was about being healthy, but the detail was a little contradictory. Also the children seem to be too perfect, and ZereSenay and Ghenet, despite raising three children and having demanding careers, never seemed too stressed or engage in a little frisky behavior. Still, ‘Sidra’ remains one of the most beautiful and educational family shows in Eri-TV. It also paves the way for other Eritrean artists to come up with similar educational shows.
After ‘Anbelbli’ and Milenu, my admiration for Issaias Tsegay’s Timali was very high, as it delivered a good picture of the adversity and hardship during the 30 years freedom struggle. But ‘Sidra’ is relaxing, educational and full of drama. I think the writers Debessay Weldu and Abel Solomon are doing an excellent work by delivering these great shows. With the combination of fantastic Director Senai Yohans, Camera Samuel Ghirmay and Editor Binyam Biemnet, “Sidra’ is becoming a show a lot of people are addicted to. Congratulations to the whole crew and thank you for the great show. We are waiting for greater shows and may the great work continue.
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