Ginga: A capoeira documentary

This is a documentary film directed by Gustavo Buraes. In it everybody plays himself and the story is about five teenagers from Salvador, Bahia. They all train capoeira with Mestre Jelon Vieira. One day, Mestre Jelon invites his five students to join him and his danicng company to his trip to the United States. This is when their live changed forever.

The dancing company of Mestre Jelon is called Dance Brazil and is very popular in the United States. Below, you can review interviews with the whole dancing company and Mestre Jelon himself:

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