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Fad'jal (1979)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 52M

Director : Safi Faye

Synopsis

The story of a Serer village in the groundnut basin of Senegal. Using the words of their ancestors passed on by oral folklore, the villagers trace the history of their village and their difficulties in working their land and living off their produce. Fad'jal is an extraordinary boundary defying film that interweaves ethnographic footage, intimate observation of everyday village life and fictionalised historical scenes. With it, Faye carefully encourages the viewers to reflect both on African history and storytelling, and on the intersection of fiction and documentary.

Actors

Crews

Safi Faye
Safi Faye
Director
Safi Faye
Safi Faye
Writer
Patrick Fabry
Patrick Fabry
Director of Photography
Jean Monod
Jean Monod
Director of Photography
Papa Mictar Ndoye
Papa Mictar Ndoye
Director of Photography
Andrée Davanture
Andrée Davanture
Editor
Marie-Christine Rougerie
Marie-Christine Rougerie
Editor
Dominique Smadja
Dominique Smadja
Editor
Babacar Diagne
Babacar Diagne
Editor

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