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Faya dayi

Amharic

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…

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Amharic, Harari and Oromo dialogue; optional English subtitles.

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Beshir, Jessica,
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Director of photography
Applegate, Jeanne, 1981-
Editor of moving image work
Basinski, William,
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[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2022], ©2022

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