"I Wanted Viewers to Meet People Before They Become News Stories": Jessica Beshir on Faya Dayi

Filmed in the highlands of Harar, Ethiopia, Jessica Beshir's Faya Dayi is a deeply personal project for the Mexican-Ethopian director. Having left her home city of Harar in tenth grade, the now-Brooklyn-based Beshir travelled back and forth between America and Ethiopia for a decade to spend time with family and gather material for the film, which now competes in Sundance's World Cinema Documentary section. The film provides an contemplative portrait of Harar and the people that live in and aroun...