A Single Word (2014)

  • NR
  • 09/07/2014 (CA)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 3m

Overview

In this meditative and elegiac portrait, Senegalese filmmakers Khady and Mariama Sylla record the tales of their grandmother, a griot (storyteller) who is one of the last repositories of their culture’s oral tradition.

Mariama Sylla

Director

Khady Sylla

Director

Cast

Doudou Dieye's headshot

Doudou Dieye

Anta Sarr's headshot

Anta Sarr

Penda Diogo Sarr's headshot

Penda Diogo Sarr

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