Faya Dayi (2021)
La película es un viaje a las tierras altas de la Región Harar inmerso en los rituales del khat, una hoja que los musulmanes sufíes mastican para sus meditaciones religiosas cuyo cultivo es en la actualidad el más lucrativo de Etiopía. A partir del comercio de esta planta, la película teje un tapiz de historias íntimas de personas atrapadas entre la violenta represión gubernamental, las fantasías inducidas por el khat y los engañosos viajes más allá de sus fronteras, ofreciendo una oportunidad a los sueños de los jóvenes que anhelan una vida mejor.
Directora: Jessica Beshir
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Mohammed Arif as Self |
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Hashim Abdi as Self |
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Biniam Yonas as Self |
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Urji Abrahim Mumade as Self |
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Destu Ibrahim Mumade as Self |
| Editing | Max Allman | Consulting Editor |
| Production | Bryn Mooser | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kathryn Everett | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mimi Pham | Executive Producer |
| Production | Roberto Grande | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tony Hsieh | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Jessica Beshir | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jessica Beshir | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Mehandis Geleto | Songs |
| Sound | William Basinski | Music |
| Sound | Adrian Aniol | Music |
| Sound | Kaethe Hostetter | Music |
| Sound | Tom Efinger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Tom Efinger | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Abigail Savage | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Tom Efinger | Sound Designer |
| Production | Jessica Beshir | Executive Producer |
| Production | Rhianon Jones | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jessica Beshir | Producer |
| Production | Matthew Petock | Executive Producer |
| Production | Daniel Patrick Carbone | Executive Producer |
| Production | Zachary Shedd | Executive Producer |
| Production | Natnael Yared | Associate Producer |
| Production | Beth Earl | Associate Producer |
| Production | Noa Osheroff | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Natnael Yared | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Efrem Degu | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Biniam Yonas | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Mohammed Arif | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Mubarik Beshir | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Efrem Degu | Production Assistant |
| Production | Mohammed Arif | Production Assistant |
| Editing | Alan Louis Gordon | Colorist |
| Editing | Dimitris Athos | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Editing | Ben Federman | Colorist |
| Editing | Sariel Friedman | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Jasmine Cannon | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Jessica Beshir | Director |
| Writing | Jessica Beshir | Writer |
| Editing | Jeanne Applegate | Editor |
| Editing | Dustin Waldman | Editor |