


13 Months of Sunshine is the story of an Ethiopian man who marries a
woman so she can get a green card and become a citizen of the United
States. In exchange, her family pays him $20,000, enough to open up his
own dream business–an authentic Ethiopian coffee house.
During the year-long
naturalization process, they must learn to live with each other,
finding that the marriage of convenience becomes complicated through
love, jealousy, and the clash of cultural values each must face in
following their dreams.
Hanna is a beautiful Ethiopian girl who is quickly drawn into the world
of fashion. Meeting Morris Benton, a fashion agent specializing in
Ethiopian models, Hanna learns that the world of modeling forces her to
question her traditional values in the face of pressure to conform to
American standards.
The call of coffee, of
fashion, and the unspoken desires of each character all collide in a
colorful, comedic, and heartwarming tale that speaks both to the
immigrant spirit and to the American dream. As Solomon and Hanna draw
closer together they discover that life is filled with things that
complicate and confuse them, and they must decide what is important.