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Cast

Doudou Dieye

Doudou Dieye

Anta Sarr

Anta Sarr

Penda Diogo Sarr

Penda Diogo Sarr

Crew

Mariama Sylla

Mariama Sylla

Director

Khady Sylla

Khady Sylla

Director

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A Single Word

20145.0 / 1063 min
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.