Synopsis
The film explores 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 in turntable wizardry, improvisational skills and mind-blowing collages, performances and rituals. The film shakes up traditional and stereotypical ways of thinking about race, religion, rationality. Narrator Darius James meets with musicians, writers and artists, healers, gumbo cooks and Mississippi Blues men. He moves from Voodoo myths and legends to urban creativity. A road trip to the spiritual sources of black American culture.
