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.
Details
- Directors
- Original title
- Une simple parole
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 7, 2014
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- Senegal
Cast
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