Kaddu Beykat

Kaddu Beykat
Title card
Directed bySafi Faye
Written bySafi Faye
Starring
  • Assane Faye
  • Maguette Gueye
Narrated bySafi Faye
CinematographyPatrick Fabry
Edited byAndré Davanture
Production
company
Safi
Release dates
  • June 1976 (1976-06) (Berlin)
  • October 20, 1976 (1976-10-20) (France)
Running time
90 minutes
CountrySenegal
Languages

Kaddu Beykat (Serer: "Voice of the Peasant"; 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. Centred on a romance, it chronicles the daily lives of people in a rural Senegalese village.

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