Kaddu Beykat

Kaddu Beykat
Kaddu Beykat
	Title card
Directed by	Safi Faye
Written by	Safi Faye
Starring	Assane Faye; Maguette Gueye;
Narrated by	Safi Faye
Cinematography	Patrick Fabry
Edited by	André Davanture
Production; company	Safi
Release dates	June 1976 (Berlin); October 20, 1976 (France);
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Senegal
Languages	Serer; French;

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

[AMG-1] "Production Credits". Allmovie. Retrieved 2008-05-10.

[2] Thackway, Melissa (September 24, 2003). Africa Shoots Back: Alternative Perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone African Film. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780852555767 – via Google Books.

[NFU-3] Ukadike, p.30

[LS-4] Spaas, p.185

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