Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds 1998

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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The cast

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Pierre Verger Self

Gilberto Gil Self - Narrator

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Pierre Boucher Self

Maurice Baquet Self

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Jean Pierre Le Bouler Self

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Cid Teixeira Cavalcante Self

Jorge Amado Self

Zélia Gattai Self

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Edson Porto (Popó) Self

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Arlete Soares Self

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Juana Elbein dos Santos Self

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Maria Stella de Azevedo (Mãe Stella) Self

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Nancy de Souza e Silva (Ceci) Self

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Agenor Miranda Rocha (Pai Agenor) Self

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