African Spiritualities Film Series
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AI: African Intelligence
Granted rare access to Ndeup, a spiritual healing ceremony practiced by Lebou peoples in Senegal, filmmaker and writer Manthia Diawara wonders what connections can be made between the possession ritual and Western logic and technology.More Information -
Voices of the Gods
This documentary captures the rich legacy of ancient African religions practiced in the United States.More Information -
To Build a Monument
Three Black queer individuals reflect on their connections to their ancestors. Inspired by Sakia Gunn's legacy, the film meditates on grief, death, queerness and ancestorhood.More Information -
The Other Side of the Water: The Journey of a Haitian Rara Band in Brooklyn
The 20-year journey of an unlikely band of activists who take an ancient music from the hills of Haiti and reinvent it on the streets of Brooklyn.More Information -
Asé
Dance film showcasing Trinidadian Traditional Orisha Song and DanceMore Information -
Blaze: The Truth Through Hip Hop
The Hip-Hop Christian movement has been uplifting youth by delivering positive religious messages that are not about drugs, sex, or hate but of hope and peace.More Information -
Encounter at the Intergalactic Café
A videotape of a live performance--a mythopoetic rendering of the original encounters between African, Indigenous and European peoples in the present day "border regions".More Information -
Ọya: Something Happened On The Way To West Africa!
Media artist Seyi Adebanjo tells a tale not often heard about gender and indigenous Yorùbá spirituality.More Information -
Voodoo Dance: A Tribute to the People of Haiti
Documents the significant role of Voodoo in Haitian culture from the perspectives of Voodoo priests, government officials, historians and politicians.More Information
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