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Exploration of how African based spirituality has influenced America´s popular culture. The old African gods have taken on new forms since their arrival on North America's shores. Their spirit now manifests itself in turn-table wizardry, improvisational skills and mind-blowing collages, rituals and performances. The film shakes up traditional and stereotypical ways of thinking about race, religion, rationality. Through meetings with musicians, writers and artists, miracle healers, gumbo cooks and Mississippi Blues men, this documentary explores a culture which has always drawn on a unique mix of different ethnic influences to produce its cultural diversity, allure, and vitality.
Original Release
07/26/2012
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Nick Cave | Self |
Darius James | (voice) |
Val Jeanty | Self |
Shantrelle P. Lewis | Self |
Danny Simmons | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nick Cave | Self |
Darius James | (voice) |
Val Jeanty | Self |
Shantrelle P. Lewis | Self |
Danny Simmons | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robert Malzahn | Executive Producer |
Sebastian Popp | Executive Producer |
Oliver Hardt | Producer |
Christel Brunn | Producer |
Melanie Flemming | Producer |
Petra Hammerl | Producer |