A Single Word

5.0 2014 63 min
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.

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Mariama Sylla, Khady Sylla

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Doudou Dieye
Anta Sarr
Penda Diogo Sarr

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