Body games / [directed and produced by Richard Pakleppa] ; [On Land Productions] ; [Manganga Producões].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Pakleppa, Richard, director, producer.

Mansa, Cobra, narrator.

Alexander Street Press.

On Land Productions, production company.

Manganga Produções, production company.

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Capoeira (Dance)--Brazil--History.

Capoeira (Dance).

Martial arts--Brazil--History.

Martial arts.

History.

Brazil--Civilization--African influences.

Brazil.

Civilization.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (88 minutes)

Other Title:

Jogo de corpo

Academic Video Online.

Place of Publication:

United Kingdom : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2014.

Language Note:

In Portuguese with English subtitles.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

The film follows master Cobra Mansa and his friends in the search for the African roots of the Brazilian martial art Capoeira. A powerful myth links Capoeira to a legendary Angolan game called Engolo - the Zebra dance. The film documents, for the first time, Engolo as well as other combat games, dances and music from the Nyaneka-Humbi people in Southern Angola. The exchange between Capoeira and Engolo in Angolan villages and the insights from the streets of Rio and Bahia illuminate the affinities and differences between combat games and musical bows played on both sides of the Atlantic.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed September 13, 2017).

OCLC:

1009115229

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.