Series Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Student Film
Director Joceny Pinhheiro
Country/Production UK
Release 2003
Length 28 mins
Format Colour / DVD / PAL / All region
Location Brazil, Fortaleza, Coast of Northeast Brazil / America
Ethnic Group Brazilians, Afro-Brazilians
Collection GCVA, School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester
University School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester
Order No RAI-200.3061
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During the day, Isnar is a community paramedic who works in the local clinic and runs an arts and drugs rehabilitation centre for young people in Fortaleza on the coast of Northeast Brazil. But by night, he is a priest of the Umbanda Afro-Brazilian religious cult. Then he comes flying over the trees and the streets, down to the beach. When the spells are strong, only he can break them.
