
Môa, Mother Africa Roots(2023)
To reconnect with our cultural origins is to re-discover our identity
The documentary that began together with Mestre Môa do Katendê before his political murder, tells the life story of this capoeirista and founder of Afoxé Badauê, intertwined with the rise of black cultural manifestations in Bahia, based on a last interview left by him.
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