The House

FILM, DOCUMENTARY, 109', DIGITAL, BRAZIL. 2025.

Synopsis

The house is the community, the terreiro, the celebration, the prayer, the ground. Its mainstay is Mãe Kabeca de Xangô, to whom we dedicate this film.

Credits

With Mãe Kabeca de Xangô and the Casa Fanti Ashanti community

Direction: Larissa Figueiredo · Screenplay: Larissa Figueiredo, Nana Ribeiro and Mãe Kabeca de Xangô · Cinematography: Rafael Avancini · Location sound: Larissa Figueiredo · Sound assistant: Deuza Brabo · Camera assistant: Ingrid Barros · Local production: Deuza Brabo · Production assistants: Jade Azevedo and Janaína Moraes · Editing: Larissa Figueiredo and Nana Ribeiro · Colour grading: Marcelo Rodriguez · Sound: Gustavo Foppa · Stills: Márcio Vasconcelos

A Cazumbá Filmes production · Associate production: AVA Filmes

A project made during the research for the series "Women of Enchantment", without its own funding, as a record and a return to the Casa Fanti Ashanti community in São Luís, Maranhão.