Their subject is Alan Duarte, whose boxing training with a non-governmental organization led him to form Embracing Champions — his own source of positivity through pugilism — in his favela, Complexo do Alemao. Under the withering glares drug dealers toting assault weapons, it’s an act of bravery for Alan to even walk with cameramen to his apartment — let alone set up rings in which he and the youth of his neighbourhood can spar.
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