Cristina de Middel

Esù is one of the most enigmatic entities in the cosmogony of West African religions. He crossed the Ocean with the slave trade route, adapted to new territories and challenges that came with forced labour and lack of freedom.

“Midnight at the Crossroads” documents these transformations from its origin as a totem in Benin, then as a child in Cuba, in Brazil as a young seductive man, and finally becoming a wise old man in Haiti. Esù is the spirit of confusion and mutation, and his energy questions our certainties to make us doubt along the way and grow at the same time.

For 3 years, Cristina De Middel and Bruno Morais followed the path of Esù to build a document that comes as a reaction to the advance of Evangelical churches across Africa and South America that is challenging the survival of an endangered cultural heritage that adds substantial input to the very much needed non-official version of History.