Sunday, November 11, 2012

Film: Voodoo Gods On The Slave Coast

I missed this as I just found out about it, but I want it here so I can possibly find it again.

Saturday November 10
at 
Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue (at 2nd St.)
New York, NY 10003 USA

9:30 PM
VOODOO GODS ON THE SLAVE COAST
by Hisham Mayet
2012, 60 minutes, video
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SPECIAL SUBLIME FREQUENCIES SCREENING! WORLD PREMIERE!
Mayet's exploration of West African possession ceremonies continues 
in Benin. Formerly known as the Slave Coast, since most of the slave 
industry was exported from its shores, Benin is the cradle and 
birthplace of Voodoo - and Voodoo worship is integral to the everyday 
lives of its people. This film, shot in 2010, is an impressionistic 
lens on the myriad ceremonies that this rich and diverse culture has 
to offer. This will be the premiere screening of this visual feast.

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