Their names are Fabián (Colombia), Nicolas (Madagascar), John and Paul (United States), Wojcech (Poland) and Pablo (Spain). They are seminarians or already priests. These six young men are our characters, our guides to a behind-the-scenes look at the Roman, Catholic and Apostolic World.

Their bishops have sent them there to study in the halls of the most prestigious Pontifical Roman Universities: “Public Relations in The Church”, in the case of Wojcech and Pablo, within the walls of the Faculty directed by the Opus Dei. Bio-ethics is the objective of Fabián under the guidance of the Legionaries of Christ. Theology is the goal of Nicolas at The Gregorian University, under the supervision of the Jesuit order. A scholastic training as future evangelists is granted to John and Paul at The Angelicum under the direction of the Dominicans.

Four diverse tendencies within The Church; six personal destinies. Four approaches to facing the challenges of the world; six personal viewpoints.

Through the teachings that they receive, from their own words and gestures, a framework is constructed of a church faced with its own contradictions and challenges. A Church in continual formation, made up of men, buildings and diverse cultures, all gathered together under the same dome.

The candombe is a phenomenon with an amazing power in Uruguay. Especially for the new generations. Black roots have replaced European roots in the search for this country’s identity, the rhythms and customs of the black African slaves have taken over Uruguay’s folk-cultural panorama.

The documentary centers on two main characters, and is structured around how we follow their journeys. Through the characters, we’ll get to know the place, the people and the candombe and they will help us understand what the candombe means in Uruguay, how this phenomenon is experienced there and its importance for its inhabitants. It is also a journey of personal affirmation. The journey of an individual in search of his roots.

This documentary wants to show us the meaning of CANDOMBE and above all, what we can learn with this marvelous example of vital, cultural and national affirmation and from those who live around the strength of CANDOMBE drums.

This program is the result of the work carried out by a production team in the Sudanese region of Darfur. During their trip, the team found out many mass graves and survivors and collected testimonies of young girls who have been victims of rapes by soldiers and Arab mercenaries, the “Janjaweed”. As these are restricted areas, the team had to enter the country illegally across the Chad border to avoid the checkpoints set up both by the Sudanese army and the “Janjaweed” paramilitary forces. Follow us through this devastating account that gives voice to a dying Darfur.