The Turning Wind
Barravento (original)
In Bahia, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from mysticism, in particular the Candomblé religion, which he considers a factor of political and social oppression, with tragic outcome.
Starring Antônio Pitanga, Luiza Maranhão, Lucy de Carvalho, Aldo Teixeira, Lídio Silva, Edmundo Albuquerque, Francisco dos Santos Brito, Hélio de Oliveira, Antônio Carlos dos Santos, João Gama
Watch "The Turning Wind" on Kanopy released in 1962. It's a drama movie, and has a rating of 7.1 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.