David Byrne's Ile Aiye (The House Of Life)

ILE AIYE: THE HOUSE OF LIFE (1989) is David Byrne's breathtakingly impressionistic documentary on Candomble, the Brazilian spirit cult of the Bahia region. This "docu-poem" eschews all traditional documentary techniques and evokes the mood of the beautiful expressive religion of Candomble: its life affirming rituals, rhythms, music, dress and entire culture.