© Opipari/Timbert 1997

Barbara and her friends in Candombleland

Reference

808

Duration

00:52:00

Production year

1997

Versions

Original material

SD
4/3
Color
Sound

Summary

In the suburbs of Sao Paulo (Brazil), 10 years old children are playing "Candomblé", a cult of the Afro Brazilian divinities known as Orixas or Saints. They manifest themselves through the trance of possession.

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