Marcos Louit

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Bembé

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School: New York Film Academy, Escuela Internacional de Cine San Antonio de los Baños Instituto Superior de Diseño

This documentary was also the first Cuban Virtual Reality Documentary. The film focuses on two remote and isolated communities of the Oriente Province in Guantanamo, Cuba: Felicidad de Yateras and Caridad de Los Indios.

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Bembé

Copyright Marcos Louit 2024

Date of Work Oct 2018 - Ongoing

Updated Sep 2020

Location Cuba, Guantanamo, Yateras

Topics Documentary, Faith, Featured Film, Film, Religion, Videos

An immersive experience that manifests both the material world and the spiritual world, this intimate and energetic documentary courses through normal island life and into an experiential eyewitness of the religious celebration of Bembé. Encompassing elements of Christianity and the African Yoruba, Bembé is a Cuban tradition when family, friends, and neighbors take part in a celebration that can last up to seven days, wherein the souls of dead slaves come to Earth.
Bembé has been featured at Sundance Film Festival 2020, New Frontier selection.

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