Faya dayi /
Faya dayi /
directed, filmed, written and produced by Jessica Beshir ; a Merkhana Films production ; in association with XTR, Neon Heart Productions, Flies Collective.
- Director-approved DVD special edition.
, United States Ethiopia Qatar
- 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, black & white/color ; 4 3/4 in.
- The Criterion collection ; 1141 .
- Criterion collection ; 1141. .
Originally released as a motion picture in 2021. Wide screen (1.78:1). Special features: New selected-scene commentary featuring Beshir and poet Ladan Osman; Three short films by Beshir: He who dances on wood (2016), Heroin (2017), and Hairat (2017), featuring an introduction by Beshir; trailer; plus: an essay by film scholar Yasmin Price.
Edited by Jeanne Applegate, Dustin Waldman ; original song "Kenna uumaa" written and performed by Mehandis Geleto ; music by William Basinski, Adrian Aniol, Kaethe Hostetter. Edited by Jeanne Applegate, Dustin Waldman ; original song "Kenna uumaa" written and performed by Mehandis Geleto ; music by William Basinski, Adrian Aniol, Kaethe Hostetter.
A sublime work of personal vision, the debut feature by the Mexican Ethiopian filmmaker Jessica Beshir is a hypnotic documentary immersion in the world of Ethiopia's Oromo and Harari communities, places where one commodity khat, a euphoria-inducing plant once prized for its supposedly mystical properties holds sway over the rituals and rhythms of everyday life. As if under the influence of the drug itself, Faya Dayi unfurls as intoxicating, trance state cinema, capturing intimate moments in the existence of everyone from the harvesters of the crop to people lost in its narcotic haze to a desperate but determined younger generation searching for an escape from the region's political strife. The director's exquisite monochrome cinematography each frame a masterpiece sculpted from light and shadow and the film's time-bending, elliptical editing create a ravishing sensory experience that hovers between consciousness and dreaming.
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1; wide screen (1.78:1).
Amharic, Harari and Oromo dialogue; English subtitles.
9781681439709 1681439700
715515275613
CC3391DDVD The Criterion Collection
Khat--Religious aspects.
Oromo (African people)--Ethiopia.
Harari (African people)
Hārer (Ethiopia)--Social conditions.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2021. Wide screen (1.78:1). Special features: New selected-scene commentary featuring Beshir and poet Ladan Osman; Three short films by Beshir: He who dances on wood (2016), Heroin (2017), and Hairat (2017), featuring an introduction by Beshir; trailer; plus: an essay by film scholar Yasmin Price.
Edited by Jeanne Applegate, Dustin Waldman ; original song "Kenna uumaa" written and performed by Mehandis Geleto ; music by William Basinski, Adrian Aniol, Kaethe Hostetter. Edited by Jeanne Applegate, Dustin Waldman ; original song "Kenna uumaa" written and performed by Mehandis Geleto ; music by William Basinski, Adrian Aniol, Kaethe Hostetter.
A sublime work of personal vision, the debut feature by the Mexican Ethiopian filmmaker Jessica Beshir is a hypnotic documentary immersion in the world of Ethiopia's Oromo and Harari communities, places where one commodity khat, a euphoria-inducing plant once prized for its supposedly mystical properties holds sway over the rituals and rhythms of everyday life. As if under the influence of the drug itself, Faya Dayi unfurls as intoxicating, trance state cinema, capturing intimate moments in the existence of everyone from the harvesters of the crop to people lost in its narcotic haze to a desperate but determined younger generation searching for an escape from the region's political strife. The director's exquisite monochrome cinematography each frame a masterpiece sculpted from light and shadow and the film's time-bending, elliptical editing create a ravishing sensory experience that hovers between consciousness and dreaming.
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1; wide screen (1.78:1).
Amharic, Harari and Oromo dialogue; English subtitles.
9781681439709 1681439700
715515275613
CC3391DDVD The Criterion Collection
Khat--Religious aspects.
Oromo (African people)--Ethiopia.
Harari (African people)
Hārer (Ethiopia)--Social conditions.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.