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Films
2 Films
Region
“South America”
x
Keywords
“Music Ethnomusicology”
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Series
“0”
x
Country of production
“Brazil”
x
films with a digital version
1
Region
South America
2
x
Southern Africa
1
West Africa
1
Country
Angola
1
Brazil
2
Ghana
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Festivals / Carnival
1
Memory
1
Migration
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
2
x
Popular Culture
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Directors
Assunção, Matthias Röhrig
1
Dettmann, Christine
1
Diaz, Juan Diego
1
Pakleppa, Richard
1
Pereira, Nilton
1
Series
not set
2
x
Country of production
Brazil
2
x
South Africa
1
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
2014
1
2017
1
Film list
Body Games – Capoeira and Ancestry
2014
87
‘
Student
Directed by
Richard Pakleppa
Matthias Röhrig Assunção
Christine Dettmann
.
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
South America
Southern Africa
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Music / Ethnomusicology
Festivals / Carnival
Tabom in Bahia
2017
52
‘
Directed by
Juan Diego Diaz
Nilton Pereira
.
There is a small community in Ghana who identify as Brazilians. Their name is the Tabom. They are the descendants of former enslaved Africans and creoles who resettled from Bahia to Ghana during the
South America
West Africa
Music / Ethnomusicology
Collective / Community identity
Memory
Migration
Popular Culture
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage