| Kaddu Beykat | |
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 Title card | |
| Directed by | Safi Faye |
| Written by | Safi Faye[1] |
| Starring |
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| Narrated by | Safi Faye |
| Cinematography | Patrick Fabry |
| Edited by | André Davanture[1] |
Production company | Safi |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Senegal |
| Languages | |
Kaddu Beykat (Serer: "Voice of the Peasant";[2] also known as Lettre paysanne or Letter from My Village) is a 1975 Senegalese film directed by Safi Faye. It was the first feature film made by a Black African woman to be commercially distributed and brought international recognition for its director.[3][4] Centred on a romance, it chronicles the daily lives of people in a rural Senegalese village.
- ^ a b "Production Credits". Allmovie. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
- ^ Thackway, Melissa (September 24, 2003). Africa Shoots Back: Alternative Perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone African Film. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780852555767 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ukadike, p.30
- ^ Spaas, p.185