2024-11-30
0
As beautiful and sleek as it is deadly, 52 Blocks merits special conservation efforts as the United States' only existing native martial culture, as it is indeed, the jazz of the martial arts world. Across the African diaspora, there are manifestations of African-derived warrior-dances, capoeira in brazil, mani in Cuba, ladja in Martinique, pinge in Haiti- yet the US offshoot has remained esoteric, because it was suppressed throughout slavery, Reconstruction and Jim Crow and then obscured in the criminal justice system. The history, interviews and training of the martial arts style that created Breakdance and boxing greats like Mike Tyson.
Based on the life of a legendary capoeira fighter from Bahia, "Besouro" spins a fantastic tale of a young Brazilian man of African descent in search of his mission.
Four Brazilian friends meet to reflect on the importance of the friendship network they built from being immigrants in Argentina. Drawn by nostalgia, they travel a sensory path to their roots and, through food and dance, they explore the challenges and satisfactions of living in another country.
Are there trans people in the punk movement? How does punk resists in a brazilian state as conservative as Goiás? Is it open to different gender expressions?
A short comedy documentary showing a party of university students in south brazil.
Nothing Like Before delves into the creation of the Clube da Esquina Album (Brazil, 1972). Considered by many music critics one of the best albums of all time, it presented to the world musicians like Milton Nascimento, Lô Borges, Toninho Horta, Beto Guedes and Wagner Tiso.
Follow all the behind the scenes of Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's conquest and celebration of the Sixth Brazilian Cup. Unpublished images and testimonies of the club's tenth national title.
A portrait of Santos Port, its geography, workers and the life that surrounds it, including the poor, prostitutes and the night life inhabitants.
In Salvador, a young police officer named Bruno faces the criminal evils of Brazil, having to abandon his own moral issues in search of revenge.