This documentary takes us on a mystical journey of initiation, transformation, and empowerment with award-winning musician and author Alessandra Belloni as she unveils the secret healing powers of the musical traditions of the Black Madonna in Southern Italy. In footage never before seen outside of Italy, the film immerses viewers in a world of ritual and magic where ecstatic devotional music and dance powerfully transform and heal the heart and soul throughout the beautiful land once known as Magna Grecia.

The film reveals this devotion in all its vibrant complexity as a living descendant of ancient women’s wisdom traditions and the veneration of mother goddesses. We follow a series of musical pilgrimages that Belloni leads each summer to the Southern Italian regions of Campania and Sicily, visiting the sacred sites of the Black
Madonnas known to local folklore as the “Seven Sisters.” It is an intimate and participatory journey, with the camera closely following Belloni and her students as they learn and perform the music and dances associated with each Madonna, taking part in the feast-day celebrations and experiencing their power and mystery in the first person. It also features workshops of ritual drumming and dance featuring authentic tarantella and tammurriata in the region of Campania, led by Belloni and featuring guest artist Nando Citarella on percussion and vocals.

The film includes footage of the rituals never before seen outside of Italy, as well as archival footage collected over Belloni's forty years of fieldwork, offering a global audience intimate access to this little-known ancient tradition.

Belloni guides us as the viewers as she leads her students on this pilgrimage, teaching chants, drum rhythms, and dances. She also interviews local devotees and introduces expert demonstrations from local master folk practitioners dedicated to the preservation and celebration of the Black Madonnas’ ancient devotional music, dance, and local styles of tarantellas.