The Last Vodunsi
MovieTitle | A Última das Minas |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Jun 30, 2015 |
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Director | Larissa Figueiredo , Rafael Urban |
Production country | Brazil |
Production companies | Tambor Multiartes, Tu i Tam Filmes |
Run time | 25 min. |
In 2011, I visited Mrs. Deni Prata Jardim, the last representative of the Casa das Minas (House of Minas) in Northern Brazil. Among other things, Deni told me the story of the foundation of the house, during the slavery period. Among the slaves, there was a priestess from Dahomey, where she used to be a queen, and worshiped African voodoos. Lacking authorization to practice their worship, the slaves hid in a shed, which has become over the years the House of Minas.