Batuque – A alma de um povo (2007, doc., Júlio Silvão Tavares, Cape Verde, co-prod. LxFilmes, Laterit Productions, RFO)  film 

Leão Lopes  is an intellectual, artist (a degree in painting by Superior School of Fine Arts in Lisbon), script-writer, film director and university professor (PhD. by University of Rennes). Founder of M_EIA, University Institute of Arts, Technology and Culture in Mindelo. He published many works in the field of Capeverdian culture and identity. Among many essays published all over the world, his biography of Baltasar Lopes Baltasar Lopes: um homem arquipélago na linha de todas as batalhas (2011) is to be mentioned. Co-founder of the journal Ponto & Virgula and its editor between 1983-87, he developed many projects in the area of education, arts, graphic design, etc. As an social activist, he participates in various development activities, especially on São Vicente and Santo Antão islands. He is founder of the NGO ...

Guenny Pires is a Capeverdian filmmaker born on Fogo Island. He holds a Master's degree in Cinema and Visual Arts by Lusofona University in Porto. He lives in the United States where he develops his cinematic work tending to show the Creole world through his documentaries. His films won prices in many film festivals. He is one of the co-founders of the production company Txan Film Productions & Visual Arts, Inc. which objective is to produce materials related to communities and cultures of African Diaspora, especially these from the Atlantic Islands: Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, the Caribbean. His work contains of the following documentaries: