The African Roots Of Afro-Brazil Explored In A New Documentary Series – Okayafrica

The African Roots Of Afro-Brazil Explored In A New Documentary Series – Okayafrica. – Produced by the Sao Paolo-based CineGroup, the five-episode project will aim to trace the African roots of Afro-Brazilians using DNA testing, as well as explore the influence that the arrival of African slaves had on the arts, religion, food, and formation of the Brazilian people. The premise of the series is that 150 Afro-Brazilian subjects from 5 different Brazilian states were DNA tested by African Ancestry (who coincidentally are Okayafrica’s partners in The Roots Of… series), and 5 were chosen to journey to the countries of their ancestors. The series director and writer Carlos Albert Jr. tells Shadow and Act that he hopes his documentaries will “restore the links broken by slavery.”