About the film

The United States of Hoodoo is a film about how African-based spirituality has influenced America´s popular culture. The old African gods have taken on new forms since their arrival on North America's shores. Their spirit now manifests itself in turn-table wizardry, improvisational skills and mind-blowing rituals and performances. The film shakes up stereotypical ways of thinking about race, religion, rationality. Through meetings with musicians, writers and artists, gumbo cooks and Mississippi Blues men, this documentary explores a culture which has always drawn on a unique mix of different ethnic influences to produce its cultural diversity, allure, and vitality.

Wybrane nagrody i festiwale /Selected festivals and awards: 2013 – MFF Amsterdam / IDFA

Attend the Val Inc concert following the screening of the film “The United States of Hoodoo”. Warsaw, Friday, May 17, Festival Club Cafe Kulturalna. Wroclaw, Saturday, May 18, Festival Club Niskie Łąki.