This event is in the past.It took place on April 8, 2026 at University of California, Berkeley.
DocumentaryDocumentaryJessica Beshir's "Faya dayi" is a hallucinatory black-and-white tone poem about Ethiopia's khat trade and the dream states it creates. Stay for the post-screening conversation with the director.
documentary screening
black-and-white cinematography
filmmaker Q&A
art house cinema
Tips
🎬"part anthropology, part poetry" (Hollywood Reporter)
🎞️Beshir's hypnotic first feature
🎤director Q&A follows screening
Film Screening – Faya dayi
DocumentaryDocumentaryJessica Beshir's "Faya dayi" is a hallucinatory black-and-white tone poem about Ethiopia's khat trade and the dream states it creates. Stay for the post-screening conversation with the director.
documentary screening
black-and-white cinematography
filmmaker Q&A
art house cinema
Tips
🎬"part anthropology, part poetry" (Hollywood Reporter)
🎞️Beshir's hypnotic first feature
🎤director Q&A follows screening
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