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A Single Word

Mariama Sylla, Khady Sylla

2014

  • Documentary
5.0

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.

Cast & crew

  • Mariama SyllaDirector
  • Khady SyllaDirector
  • Doudou Dieye
  • Anta Sarr
  • Penda Diogo Sarr

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