Producers' Forum: Amazing Grace: YorubaWorlds by Raynald Leconte

Amazing Grace: YorubaWorlds by Raynald Leconte

(USA, 2025, 65 minutes)

Amazing Grace: YorubaWorlds chronicles the enduring legacy of Yoruba civilization and its profound global influence. Following the remarkable journey of Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka among other internationally celebrated artists and cultural icons, the film features performances from Brazilian music legends Gilberto Gil and Carlinhos Brown, Afrobeat stars Seun Kuti, Brymo, and Falana, and more. The film received the 2026 Programmer’s Award for Best Documentary in the Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival. 

Raynald Leconte is a Haitian American director and producer whose films include In the Eye of the Spiral and Real Maravilloso. Leconte is the Director of SpiralH Films which creates documentaries in emerging markets by showcasing that aesthetics and history have no borders.