Kaddu Beykat is set in Faye's family village, Fad'jal in southern Senegal.[5][6] Financing for the film came from the French Ministry of Cooperation and it was made with a crew of three people.[7] It is a mixture of documentary and fiction.[6] For some parts of the film, Faye gathered villagers together, gave them a topic of conversation and proceeded to film them.[6] She took advice from the villagers on what to film.[7] As with her other work, Faye was careful to show African culture from the inside, rather than as an objective observer.[7] The film is a critique of colonial farming practices and government policies which have encouraged single-crop farming of cash crops for export, in some cases leading villages further into poverty.[4][5] The film is dedicated to Faye's grandfather who features in the film, and who died 11 days after filming ended.[8]