Mayara Ferrão

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.

Two enemy tribes had waited for centuries for the great revelation of the sacred secret. But the one chosen by the Supreme God to receive the secret was Princess Sikán. When she was wronged by the men of both tribes, day turned into eternal night.