Come and Work
1979, French. Directed by Safi Faye.
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.
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- 1h 52m
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- Language
- French
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- Released
- 2 January 1979
- Original title
- Fad'jal
- Country
- Senegal
- Written by
- Safi Faye
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Come and Work isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 January 1979. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Come and Work?
Come and Work (1979) was directed by Safi Faye.