Yoko Osha Chapter III
( The First Day is the Day of the River )

Lazara Rosell Albear
2021 - 43 min - Vidéo Ultra HD - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - Belgique

The third and final chapter of the Yoko Osha trilogy. “Making Saint” is an auto-etnographic, sensorial and multilayered portrait of Santeria or Regla de Osha (The rules of the gods); the AfroCuban religion, forcefully imported from West Africa with the slaves trade and falsely syncretic for survival.
As proposed by the priest in the previous chapters, Lazara Rosell Albear intended to go through the 7 days initiation ceremony. A crowning, a rebirth, a highly performative event. On becoming, on belonging. Eulogising the body as a language, spontaneity and improvisation. Engagement for black female representation in the arts and social change. In time social unrest around the world, cn a film be a tool for social change, for social healing?