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- Faya dayi [videorecording] / by Aniol, Adrian,composer (expression); Applegate, Jeanne,1981-editor of moving image work.; Basinski, William,composer (expression)(CARDINAL)313272; Beshir, Jessica,film director,screenwriter,film producer,director of photography.; Geleto, Mehandis,composer (expression,performer.; Hostetter, Kaethe,composer (expression); Price, Yasmin,writer of supplementary textual content.; Waldman, Dustin,editor of moving image work.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)348269; Flies Collective (Firm),production company.; Merkhana Films,production company.; Neon Heart Productions,production company.; XTR (Firm),production company.;
Edited by Jeanne Applegate, Dustin Waldman ; original song "Kenna uumaa" written and performed by Mehandis Geleto ; music by William Basinski, Adrian Aniol, Kaethe Hostetter.Mohammed Arif, Hashim Abdi, Biniam Yonas, Urji Abrahim Mumade, Bekala Ismail, Wedadi Ederis, Foad Aman, Nuradin Yusuf and others.A sublime work of personal vision, the debut feature by the Mexican Ethiopian filmmaker Jessica Beshir is a hypnotic documentary immersion in the world of Ethiopia's Oromo and Harari communities, places where one commodity khat, a euphoria-inducing plant once prized for its supposedly mystical properties holds sway over the rituals and rhythms of everyday life. As if under the influence of the drug itself, Faya Dayi unfurls as intoxicating, trance state cinema, capturing intimate moments in the existence of everyone from the harvesters of the crop to people lost in its narcotic haze to a desperate but determined younger generation searching for an escape from the region's political strife. The director's exquisite monochrome cinematography each frame a masterpiece sculpted from light and shadow and the film's time-bending, elliptical editing create a ravishing sensory experience that hovers between consciousness and dreaming.DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.- Subjects: Harari (African people); Khat; Oromo (African people);
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