Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
★ 9 · 1998 · 82m · Documentary
Inspired by the life of the french-born photographer and ethnographer, Pierre Verger, the movie follows his journey between Bahia, Brazil and Benin, Oriental Africa, showing places and people he met and his life study project: the Candomblé culture.
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