Orixás Center

Directed by Mayara Ferrão

With Mamba Mavamba, Jamile Cazumbá, Peu Zaki, Ahteodoro and Andréia Fábia

In “Orixás Center”, Bahian director Mayara Ferrão elicits a poetic-political atmosphere through a story unfolding from Yoruba cosmology. In the documentary, the performance of Black bodies gives rise to the archetypes of the Orixás, celebrating ancient memories and creating new imaginaries beyond the crossroads. Visual poetics delves into narrative poetics, echoing the beauty emanated by the Orixás.