A Single Word

5.020141h 3m

Documentary

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.

Directed by Mariama Sylla

CAST

The people behind the story

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Doudou Dieye

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Anta Sarr

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Penda Diogo Sarr

A Single Word

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