Yemanjá
Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil
narrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker
A film by Donna C. Roberts and Donna Read
Ancient knowledge. Timeless values. A universal story for humanity today.
A documentary film about the Afro-indigenous Candomblé spiritual culture in Bahia, Brazil.
Grounded in strong community and Earth-based wisdom, Candomblé is a potent legacy of enslaved Africans in the Americas.
Our film explores contemporary and historical social challenges, resiliency and triumphs of Candomblé and its devotees
through the voices of extraordinary women leaders.
(photo of Mãe Filhinha of Yemanjá-Ogunté, 109-years great! by Gerald Lee Hoffman, copyright 2013)
Winner - Best Historical Documentary !
Bergen County Film Festival - March 2019
We are deeply saddened by the recent passing of great Candomblé leader Mãe Stella de Oxóssi to the ancestral realm. Her wisdom and love are eternal.
Our film aims to divulge Mãe Stella's dedication to the rights of humanity and nature.
(photo: Mãe Stella de Oxóssi. by Gerald Lee Hoffman. 2011)
Bergen County Film Festival - March 2019
We are deeply saddened by the recent passing of great Candomblé leader Mãe Stella de Oxóssi to the ancestral realm. Her wisdom and love are eternal.
Our film aims to divulge Mãe Stella's dedication to the rights of humanity and nature.
(photo: Mãe Stella de Oxóssi. by Gerald Lee Hoffman. 2011)
We are forever grateful to great writer and activist Alice Walker for narrating our film's story.
Alice Walker says of the film:
What a miracle is presented here. When I look into the faces of these great teachers, who have kept the faith the world,
now in its direst hour, most needs, I am humbled and, yes, amazed. For this is what Truth means.
No matter how hidden or abused, how enslaved and denied, it survives.
Axé! Ashé! Ase!
Alice Walker says of the film:
What a miracle is presented here. When I look into the faces of these great teachers, who have kept the faith the world,
now in its direst hour, most needs, I am humbled and, yes, amazed. For this is what Truth means.
No matter how hidden or abused, how enslaved and denied, it survives.
Axé! Ashé! Ase!
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For a full list of screenings, please see our Screenings / Eventos page.
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Now booking screening engagements for 2019 with the film
and companion photography exhibit, Goddesses of Nature
View our 3-minute video below:
and companion photography exhibit, Goddesses of Nature
View our 3-minute video below:
English Promo from Donna Carole Roberts on Vimeo.
"It is so overwhelmingly powerful!....Not since watching the film Daughters of the Dust have I seen such compelling visual images of Black women as institution builders, knowledge experts, and authoritative leaders (meaning not solely figureheads) in an African or African diasporic context."
-Dr. Dianne M. Stewart, Associate Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Emory University
To order institutional/educational film licenses in DVD or digital format, including the Portuguese version,
(see web page, Casa de Iemanja) and DVDs for private home use, please contact D. Roberts, as below. The fee for DVDs for private home use is $25 includes shipping in US/Cda. Payment via Donate link below. Thank you!
-Dr. Dianne M. Stewart, Associate Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Emory University
To order institutional/educational film licenses in DVD or digital format, including the Portuguese version,
(see web page, Casa de Iemanja) and DVDs for private home use, please contact D. Roberts, as below. The fee for DVDs for private home use is $25 includes shipping in US/Cda. Payment via Donate link below. Thank you!
Support our continued work promoting both original versions of the film with a gift from our project.
(A Spanish language version is currently in production. )
- $225 Aluminum mounted 11 x 17 signed photograph of Mãe Filhinha (film's "key art") and perpetual calendar
(perpetual calendar including traditional Brazilian recipes can be used year after year!)
- $125 11 x 17 signed photograph of Mãe Filhinha and perpetual calendar
- $100 Signed 11 x 17 limited edition "new" signed photos of Mãe Filhinha or image from our exhibit, Goddesses of Nature
( see images here: "Mãe Filhinha" gallery or "Goddesses of Nature Exhibit" https://morningskystudio.photoshelter.com/portfolio/G0000IL64pNeFBYo )
- $70 Signed 10 x 13 photo (as above)
- $50 Signed 6 x 9 photo (as above)
- $30 Perpetual calendar
Please donate using PayPal via the "Donate" tab above, or call/email us to use a credit card without using PayPal.
(*additional $5 -$10 for shipping in U.S depending on item)
(A Spanish language version is currently in production. )
- $225 Aluminum mounted 11 x 17 signed photograph of Mãe Filhinha (film's "key art") and perpetual calendar
(perpetual calendar including traditional Brazilian recipes can be used year after year!)
- $125 11 x 17 signed photograph of Mãe Filhinha and perpetual calendar
- $100 Signed 11 x 17 limited edition "new" signed photos of Mãe Filhinha or image from our exhibit, Goddesses of Nature
( see images here: "Mãe Filhinha" gallery or "Goddesses of Nature Exhibit" https://morningskystudio.photoshelter.com/portfolio/G0000IL64pNeFBYo )
- $70 Signed 10 x 13 photo (as above)
- $50 Signed 6 x 9 photo (as above)
- $30 Perpetual calendar
Please donate using PayPal via the "Donate" tab above, or call/email us to use a credit card without using PayPal.
(*additional $5 -$10 for shipping in U.S depending on item)
If you wish to make a 100% tax-deductible charitable donation, please contact us. This is possible thanks to our fiscal sponsor, Pittsburgh Filmmakers. with memo "Yemanja film".
Checks should be mailed to:
Donna C. Roberts, Project Zula
426 Hastings St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Yemanjá: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil is a production of Project Zula LLC / Projeto Zula
Donna C. Roberts, Executive Director
Copyright 2015, Project Zula LLC
Email: roberts.donna@mac.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/yemanjathefilm.com
Tel. U.S. 239/771-9759
Skype: donnacroberts1
All photos on this site are copyrighted and cannot be used without permission.
If you would like to use any content of this site, please contact Ms. Roberts.
We are very happy you are interested in our work and will respond in a timely manner.
Thank you! Obrigada!
If you would like to use any content of this site, please contact Ms. Roberts.
We are very happy you are interested in our work and will respond in a timely manner.
Thank you! Obrigada!