Memórias do Recôncavo: Besouro and Other
Capoeiras
Brazil. 2008. Dir.: Pedro Abib. Digital projection. 54 min. Documentary about capoeira.
Original Portuguese version with English subtitles
November 26th at 3:15pm
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This documentary discusses capoeira and its many stories, in one of the places that it started in Brazil: the Recôncavo. “Memórias do Recôncavo” reconstructs the history of events and characters involved in this important manifestation of the African-Brazilian culture, from interviews of former residents as well as scholars and researchers, thus bringing an even richer collection of archival footage to this documentary. The film also tries to reconstruct the story of a famous character of the area and an icon of capoeira: the legendary Besouro Mangangá.

Director, producer and writer: Pedro Abib


Pedro Abib was graduated in Education at the Bahia Federal University (UFBA) and post graduated in Social Sciences for Education at the Campinas State University (UNICAMP). He is now a professor at the UFBA’s faculty of Education. As a director and investigator, he directed O Velho Capoeira: Mestre João Pequeno de Pastinha, a documentary on the oldest active teacher of the Angolan Capoeira in Brazil, which won the award for best documentary at the UNICAMP 2002 Festival of Arts. He also directed the video Fome de Que?, on the hunger strike of professors of Brazilian Federal Universities in 1998.