Pastinha! Uma Vida Pela Capoeira Filming Locations
Where was Pastinha! Uma Vida Pela Capoeira filmed? Pastinha! Uma Vida Pela Capoeira was filmed in 3 locations across United States and Brazil in the following places:
Pastinha! Uma Vida Pela Capoeira Filming Locations
New York City comprises 5 boroughs sitting where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean. At its core is Manhattan, a densely populated borough that’s among the world’s major commercial, financial and cultural centers. Its iconic sites include skyscrapers such as the Empire State Building and sprawling Central Park. Broadway theater is staged in neon-lit Times Square.
Rio de Janeiro is a huge seaside city in Brazil, famed for its Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, 38m Christ the Redeemer statue atop Mount Corcovado and for Sugarloaf Mountain, a granite peak with cable cars to its summit. The city is also known for its sprawling favelas (shanty towns). Its raucous Carnaval festival, featuring parade floats, flamboyant costumes and samba dancers, is considered the world’s largest.
Salvador, the capital of Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia, is known for its Portuguese colonial architecture, Afro-Brazilian culture and a tropical coastline. The Pelourinho neighborhood is its historic heart, with cobblestone alleys opening onto large squares, colorful buildings and baroque churches such as São Francisco, featuring gilt woodwork.
Pastinha! Uma Vida Pela Capoeira (1998)
Documentary about one of the most famous masters of Capoeira (an Afro-Brazilian martial art and dance), Vicente Ferreira Pastinha, aka Mestre Pastinha, guardian of the traditional style of Capoeira, the Angola style. He was responsible for the renewal of this fight through the revival of its deepest roots and origins, and played it for more than 80 years.