A Single Word (2014)
• September 7th, 2014 • 1h 3min
Documentary
Overview
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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