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Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds (1998)

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Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds (1998)

Overview

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.


Starring Cast


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Christianity: Negative

Viewer Rating
7.7

Overview

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.


Starring Cast

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film's left-leaning rating is primarily due to its celebratory focus on Afro-Brazilian culture and spirituality, implicitly challenging historical marginalization and promoting cultural diversity and anti-colonial perspectives. It champions the value of understanding and preserving non-Western traditions.

The movie inherently showcases cultural diversity by focusing on a white ethnographer's deep immersion in Afro-Brazilian and African cultures. Its narrative celebrates these non-Western traditions, offering a perspective that naturally highlights diversity without explicitly recasting roles or negatively framing traditional identities.

Secondary

The film implicitly critiques the historical and cultural dominance of Christianity, particularly its role in the suppression or misunderstanding of Afro-Brazilian and West African traditional religions. By celebrating Verger's work, the narrative positions the audience to view the institutional aspects of Christianity as problematic in this context.

The film 'Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds' does not contain identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes based on the provided information. Consequently, there is no specific portrayal to evaluate within the scope of this framework, resulting in an N/A rating.

This documentary focuses on the life and work of Pierre Fatumbi Verger, a French photographer and ethnologist known for his studies of African and Afro-Brazilian cultures and religions. The narrative does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or themes, as its scope is entirely dedicated to Verger's anthropological and spiritual journey.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film is a documentary about the real historical figure Pierre Fatumbi Verger, who was male. There is no indication that Verger or any other historically established character is portrayed as a different gender.

The film is a documentary about the real historical figure Pierre Fatumbi Verger, a French ethnographer. Documentaries typically portray historical figures accurately, and there is no indication that Verger, who was historically white, was portrayed by an actor of a different race in this film.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.7

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.7
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N/A

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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