Faya Dayi

7.6
  • Genre:Documentary, Drama
  • Production:XTR
  • Released:2021-09-03
  • IMDB:tt13648216
A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations – and Ethiopia’s most lucrative cash crop today. A tapestry of intimate stories offers a window into the dreams of youth under a repressive regime.
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Faya Dayi review – the ups and downs of khat’s zonked-out bliss  The Guardian

‘Faya Dayi’ Review: A Dream State (Published 2021)  The New York Times

Faya Dayi movie review & film summary review:  Roger Ebert

“I Wanted to Experience Intimacy With the People I Was Filming”: DP Jessica Beshir on Faya Dayi  Filmmaker Magazine

REVIEW: ‘Faya Dayi’ is a hypnotic but emotionally impenetrable experience  The Daily Nebraskan

‘Faya Dayi’: Film Review  The Hollywood Reporter

Jessica Beshir's Documentary 'Faya Dayi' Sees Ethiopia In Black and White  International Documentary Association

Gotham Nominees: "Faya Dayi"  The Film Experience

‘Faya Dayi’ Review: A Hallucinatory Documentary About Ethiopia’s Most Lucrative Cash Crop  IndieWire

Faya Dayi | Jessica Beshir  In Review Online

In conversation: ‘Faya Dayi’, ‘Ascension’, ‘President’ directors talk funding, festivals and awards recognition  Screen Daily

Film Review: ‘Faya Dayi,’ Jessica Beshir’s Ethiopia Docu-Drama About Legend of Khat  Tadias Magazine

An Evening with Faya dayi Director Jessica Beshir | Current  The Criterion Collection

“Film as a Prayer”: Editors Jeanne Applegate and Dustin Waldman on Faya Dayi  Filmmaker Magazine

‘Faya Dayi’ Director Jessica Beshir on Making Her Immersive Documentary About Ethiopia and Its People  The Hollywood Reporter

Documentary ‘Faya Dayi,’ Shot Over 10 Years, Examines Dangerous Commodification of Khat in Ethiopia  IndieWire

Q&A With Filmmaker Jessica Beshir: ‘Faya Dayi’ Screens at AFI in Silver Spring, Maryland  Tadias Magazine

Jessica Beshir’s Faya dayi  The Criterion Collection

Economist Review: Jessica Beshir’s Mesmerising Ethiopia Film “Faya Dayi”  Tadias Magazine

Turning the camera back home  Africa Is a Country

Spotlight: Jessica Beshir’s ‘Faya Dayi’ Wins Top Prize at Swiss Film Festival  Tadias Magazine

Ethiopia: Film ‘Faya Dayi’ delves into the country’s khat obsession  The Africa Report

The sacred story of Khat, Ethiopia’s natural ‘spiritual’ drug  Dazed

The best African films of 2021  africanarguments.org

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