Champion Embrace (Abraço Campeão), a martial arts project run by resident Alan Duarte, now delivering food parcels to 400 families. “We are very scared that coronavirus will hit favelas hard,” Duarte said.
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After Alan Duarte lost nine of his male relatives to violence, he set up a boxing academy to help young people develop their potential. His work is now the subject of an award-winning documentary by British filmmakers, “The Good Fight”.
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Winner of the Tribeca best documentary short as well as winning awards at the Atlanta Docufest and the Nevada City Film Festival, The Good Fight pulls no punches when it comes to the world it wants to describe, no doubt why it has proved a knock-out in so many festivals.
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An award-winning documentary celebrates the fight for a better future in Rio de Janeiro’s favela communities.
A beautiful celebration of the inspiring desire to bring about change, The Good Fight and Duarte’s project deserve our attention.
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This is a project that has saved, not just Alan, not just those that he teaches, but the whole community and, what’s more, this documentary makes you care that it has.
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Even though this is a brief snapshot of Abraço Campeão, what is captivating about this film is the main voice you hear throughout is Alan’s. It is his story, it is his vision, and despite clearly being a huge inspiration to people he is still a very humble man.
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★★★★★ This is a film that makes you reconsider how lucky you really are, and how there’s always hope even at the darkest of times.
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Campaign gets the story behind Tribeca Film Festival winner The Good Fight, which was co-produced by Mother London and follows a man building a better future for his favela community in Rio de Janeiro.
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In awarding the prize, the jury commented: “An unflinching portrait of finding hope in a world of danger; a journey of perseverance in the face of tragedy; an uplifting and visually compelling story of redemption. The winner of the Best Documentary Short is The Good Fight.”
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