Film

Come and Work

1979 · 1h 52m · Documentary

The story of a Serer village in the groundnut basin of Senegal. Using the words of their ancestors passed on by oral folklore, the villagers trace the history of their village and their difficulties in working their land and living off their produce. Fad'jal is an extraordinary boundary defying film that interweaves ethnographic footage, intimate observation of everyday village life and fictionalised historical scenes. With it, Faye carefully encourages the viewers to reflect both on African history and storytelling, and on the intersection of fiction and documentary.

• Safi FayeDirector · Writer
• Patrick FabryDirector of Photography
• Papa Mictar NdoyeDirector of Photography
• Jean MonodDirector of Photography
• Marie-Christine RougerieEditor
• Dominique SmadjaEditor
• Babacar DiagneEditor
• Andrée DavantureEditor

Release date

January 2, 1979

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 52m

Genres

Documentary

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