Capoeira : In Tribute To The Past - Urban Video Project
1993. Various locations

[Please note the film begins at 00.29 due to the colour bars - loud audio warning]

An energetic documentary exploring the origins, dynamism and cultural - societal impact of the once banned display of resistance, Capoeira.

Filmed in 1993, High School students of the Urban Video Project in New York City look at this martial art / dance form as one of the ‘Legacies of the African Diaspora’. Elders, educators and performers speak on Capoeira’s Angolan roots, as well as the various diasporic iterations, the music and the growing Capoeira community in NYC.

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