Faya Dayi (2021)
D’après la tradition soufie, si l’on mâche le khat, une feuille verte aux vertus stimulantes, on trouve le chemin vers l’éternité. Ce premier film de Jessica Beshir est un voyage dans les montagnes d’Éthiopie où le khat est devenu une culture répandue et lucrative. Entre légende et réalité, Faya Dayi raconte l’histoire d’un peuple qui vit de cette feuille minuscule mais puissante.
Directeur: 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 | Mimi Pham | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kathryn Everett | Executive Producer |
| Production | Roberto Grande | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tony Hsieh | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Jessica Beshir | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Jessica Beshir | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Mehandis Geleto | Songs |
| Sound | Adrian Aniol | Music |
| Sound | Tom Efinger | Sound Designer |
| Production | Beth Earl | Associate Producer |
| Production | Mohammed Arif | Production Assistant |
| Production | Jessica Beshir | Executive Producer |
| Production | Noa Osheroff | Associate Producer |
| Production | Zachary Shedd | Executive Producer |
| Sound | William Basinski | Music |
| Sound | Mohammed Arif | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Efrem Degu | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Tom Efinger | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Natnael Yared | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Natnael Yared | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Biniam Yonas | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Kaethe Hostetter | Music |
| Sound | Mubarik Beshir | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Ben Federman | Colorist |
| Editing | Alan Louis Gordon | Colorist |
| Editing | Dimitris Athos | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Production | Matthew Petock | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Tom Efinger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Jessica Beshir | Producer |
| Production | Rhianon Jones | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Jasmine Cannon | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Abigail Savage | Sound Designer |
| Production | Daniel Patrick Carbone | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Efrem Degu | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Sariel Friedman | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Jessica Beshir | Director |
| Writing | Jessica Beshir | Writer |
| Editing | Jeanne Applegate | Editor |
| Editing | Dustin Waldman | Editor |