Mid-Passage, Slave Ship, Orisha Deities, Mermaids
"The Water Will Carry Us Home" uses vivid ritualistic imagery and stop-motion animation to tell the story of captured Africans during the Middle Passage who are thrown overboard from a slave ship.
As they plunge into the ocean, something miraculous happens—the mermaids inhabiting these waters save their souls.
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