Why capoeira? A capoeira documentary inspired by the diversity of capoeira in South Florida

Mestre Cabeção, in partnership with Deering Estate, presents:
“Why Capoeira,” documentary about capoeira in South Florida.
"Like Mestre Pastinha said: ‘Capoeira is everything the mouth eats.’ What he meant is, no one nourishes themselves with what they don’t like. Capoeira is the fuel that feeds our body, our mind, our soul, our life." - Mestre Nene
In the middle of this project, COVID-19 arrived, in a way that no one could have ever imagined. Some of the people in this video had to close their academies, move away from south Florida, start over or even stop their work with capoeira. We all worked so hard to survive.
We rediscovered the reasons why we do capoeira, and why we love this art so much. We learned the big reason why capoeira is so powerful: to survive is not to be the fastest, strongest, or most talented. The survivors are the ones that can adapt and grow.
During this difficult moment, capoeira gives us the opportunity and the benefit of not having to face it alone!
There are so many people that have a huge impact and influence and have helped capoeira in south Florida become what it is today.
Unfortunately I could not include everyone that I wanted to, and some of the important pieces of this project I could not finish because of the pandemic. But I managed to create a beautiful portrait, and from this project we can see how much talent and potential we have here in south Florida.
Thank you to everyone that helped me with this project, especially Deering Estate for giving me the opportunity to be part of the Artists in Residence program.
I'm sorry to those who could not be part of this, but rest assured we know your contributions to this art. May we all be able to get together, leave our egos at the door, and play capoeira united for a better future, and for the good of capoeira!
Enjoy,
M. Cabeção

[@travelsquadd]

This was excellent..

[@stevenyc5187]

Amazing work. Grande Mestre Cabeção levando a Capoeira longe! Parabéns à todos envolvidos!

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Parabéns pela linda iniciativa 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾✨

[@mistermelo3054]

Dope documentary. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@capoeiraguy_official]

Trabalho bom! Parabens

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