Against the backdrop of U.S. civil unrest, a Jamaican immigrant gives her and her troubled pre-teen a reprieve with his first trip to her homeland.

In 1994 Rwanda, as the civil war rages, Bazigaga (the “witch”) takes in a clergyman and his daughter hunted by a murderous militia.

In a Brazilian favela, a nine-year-old child tries to understand himself and the universe where he lives.

After the death of her grandfather, a young woman experiences a spiritual awakening when she is called by Yemaya, the Orisha of the Sea.