It Takes a Village
Fad’jal
Safi Faye, 1979,
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC)
HE SENEGALESE FILMMAKER AND ETHNOGRAPHER SAFI Faye’s second feature—an intricate portrait of a rural village that weaves between staged scenes and observational footage—goes by three names. “Fad’jal” refers to the town at the (“Tell us, Grandpa”)—to emphasize the long scenes of live storytelling that organize it.
