Mami Wata

Mami Wata is the sacred water deity that shifts between genders.

Bahiya Movement’s Mami Wata explores the sacred water deity that embodies and shapeshifts between genders. Mami Wata is a protector and venerated by the West, Central, Southern African, Haitian and Yoruba religions.

Film Details:

Director: Afia H Thompson
Choreographer: Afia Thompson, Nafi Thompson, Shawn Hawkins, Bianca Mendoza
(United States, 2020) 7:30 minutes
Screendance, Contemporary
  • Screendance, Short
  • Folk / Cultural
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