Khady Sylla Movies

  • 2014
    A Single Word

    A Single Word

    A Single Word

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    In this meditative and elegiac portrait, Senegalese filmmakers Khady and Mariama Sylla record the tales of their grandmother, a griot (storyteller)...

    A Single Word
  • 2008
    The Silent Monologue

    The Silent Monologue

    The Silent Monologue

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    We hear the thoughts of Amy, a girl from a rural area of Senegal who works as a domestic for a well-to-do family in Dakar. She complains about her...

    The Silent Monologue
  • 2016
    The Revolution Won't Be Televised

    The Revolution Won't Be Televised

    The Revolution Won't Be Televised

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    When President Abdoulaye Wade wanted to run for office yet again in 2011, a resistance movement formed on the streets. Shortly afterwards, a group of...

    The Revolution Won't Be Televised
  • 2005
    An Open Window

    An Open Window

    An Open Window

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    Can madness be described? Is it possible to express the pain that it entails? In 1994, when she was about to fall prey to her illness, Khady Sylla...

    An Open Window
  • 1999
    Colobane Express

    Colobane Express

    Colobane Express

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    Public vans provide the traditional and sole means of city transportation in Dakar, Senegal. In a frenzy of activity, from the outskirts to downtown,...

    Colobane Express