The New Trailer For BODY GAMES Touches On Martial Arts History Through African Dispora
More than four years of hard work are finally earning some recognition for a brand new epic martial arts documentary that dares to explore more historical and cultural layers to the versatile Afro-Brazilian martial art, Capoiera. The new film, Body Games: Capoiera And Ancestry (Jogo de Corpo) became an award winner at the Zanzibar International Film Festival late last month, featuring the work of Essex University historian Matthias Röhrig Assunção and thirty-year veteran Capoeira teacher and practioner Mestre Cobra Mansa who recorded over 140 hours of footage and audio for the new film in conjunction with Essex University’s core history project, The Angolan Roots of Capoeira: Transatlantic Links of a Globalised Performing Art. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian art that has taken the world by storm. It is a beautiful, mysterious, physical and spiritual practice that combines dance, combat, theatre and music. It creates a state of mind that attracts millions […]