In Search of Voodoo: Roots to Heaven

In Search of Voodoo is an origin story. It weaves together a personal, cultural, and spiritual journey - capturing the vibrant tales of Voodoo, West Africa, and Benin's favorite son, actor Djimon Hounsou. Following Hounsou back to the country of his birth, it's the story of a man rediscovering the core of his past and the lessons that the world can learn from a vibrant, yet misrepresented way of life.

Spirituality, in all its forms, represents the cornerstone of everyday life for billions across the globe. In Search of Voodoo seeks to illuminate the practice of faith that is prevalent within West Africa and the African Diaspora. There is a dark and unfair mythology surrounding the central tenants of that faith that we believe this project can help dispel.

Voodoo is an organic belief system that values the most positive aspects of nature and life. The spirits of Voodoo are regarded as beneficent beings, each controlling their domain with respect and harmony rather than violence and conflict. It is truly something to be celebrated and can help bring back a consciousness and identity of being Africans which has been lost since the slave trade. In Search of Voodoo will give a world-wide audience an inside experience to Voodoo ceremonies, led by well-respected priests, that has never been captured on film before.