Faya dayi
(Blu-ray)

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[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2022].
ISBN
9781681439693, 1681439697
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Published
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2022].
Format
Blu-ray
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc (118 min.) : sound, black & white/color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
amh
ISBN
9781681439693, 1681439697
UPC
715515275514

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Title from sell sheet.
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Originally produced in 2021.
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Wide screen (1.78:1).
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Special features: Three short films by Beshir; trailer; plus: an essay by film scholar Yasmin Price.
Description
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 Ethiopia₂s Oromo community, a place 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 film₂s time-bending, elliptical editing create a ravishing sensory experience that hovers between consciousness and dreaming.
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Blu-ray; DTS-HD master audio 5.1; wide screen (1.78:1); requires Blu-ray player.
Language
In Oromo, Harari, and Amharic with English subtitles.
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BLU-RAY

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Beshir, J. (2022). Faya dayi (Criterion collection.). The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Beshir, Jessica. 2022. Faya Dayi. The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Beshir, Jessica. Faya Dayi The Criterion Collection, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Beshir, Jessica. Faya Dayi Criterion collection., The Criterion Collection, 2022.

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