Product Description: A sublime work of personal vision, the debut feature by the Mexican Ethiopian filmmaker Jessica Beshir is a hypnotic documentary immersion in the world of Ethiopia’s Oromo and Harari communities, places where one commodity—khat, a euphoria-inducing plant once prized for its supposedly mystical properties—holds sway over the rituals and rhythms of everyday life.
As if under the influence of the drug itself, Faya dayi unfurls as intoxicating, trance state cinema, capturing intimate moments in the existence of everyone from the harvesters of the crop to people lost in its narcotic haze to a desperate but determined younger generation searching for an escape from the region’s political strife.
The director’s exquisite monochrome cinematography—each frame a masterpiece sculpted from light and shadow—and the film’s time-bending, elliptical editing create a ravishing sensory experience that hovers between consciousness and dreaming.
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JUMP BACK TO TOPDirector: Jessica Beshir
Starring: Murano Mlbb, Kawa Sherif, Salih Sigirci
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Runtime: 120 min
Rating: Not Rated
Language: Amharic
Studio: Criterion
Home Video Release Date: August 30, 2022
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- Codec: MPEG-2
- Resolution: 480i
- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
- Encoding Format: 16:9
- Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
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- Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
- Resolution: 1080p
- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
- Region: Region A/1
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- DVD: Dolby Digital 5.1
- Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
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Blu-ray: English
SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS
JUMP BACK TO TOP- New 4K digital master, approved by director Jessica Beshir, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Three short films by Beshir: He Who Dances on Wood (2016); Heroin (2017); and Hairat (2017), featuring an introduction by Beshir
- Trailer
- PLUS: An essay by film scholar Yasmina Price
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