Rooftops (1989), a film featuring two homeless teenagers who use dance fights inspired by capoeira to settle arguments and as a form of entertainment.[5]
Only the Strong (1993), a film following a former Green Beret turned teacher in Miami who uses capoeira to teach his students discipline and ultimately faces off with the local gang. It is considered the onlyHollywood film to focus entirely on capoeira. Much of the film's fight choreography was created by MestreAmen Santo.[6]
Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994) which featured a tournament with fighters of many styles, including a capoeirista played by Mestre Amen Santo.
The Quest (1996), a martial arts tournament film featured a capoeirista played by Mestre Cesar Carneiro.[7]
TheStreet Fighter III series feature the capoeiristaElena. Elena, an African woman, was envisioned to have long arms and legs, and capoeira was chosen as a suitable fighting style for her.[11]
Zone 4, an online martial arts game, includes capoeira as a playable fighter's type.[14]
Other games featuring capoera include:
Martial Arts: Capoeira, is a 2011 RPG action game focused on capoera.[15]
In themobile gameCrossy Road, a playable capoeira fighter was added in a Brazil-themed update. The character navigates through the streets ofRio de Janeiro with acrobatic flips.[16]
InOverwatch, Lucio, a music star from Brazil, has a skin where he performs a dance move based on capoeira.[17]
Anime andmanga series that feature capoeira include:
In the 2018 manga seriesBatuque, the main character Ichiri Sanjou starts learning capoeira from a Brazilian man, and she quickly becomes good at it, enjoying both the fighting and the idea of freedom it represents.
In the 2021 anime seriesOdd Taxi, Miho Shirakawa displays her limited knowledge of capoeira, to the dismay of protagonist Hiroshi Odokawa.[21] Later, Shirakawa uses the martial art to rescue Odokawa from an attacker.[22]
Breakdancing, developed in the 1970s, has many analogous moves. However, the original breakdancers of the early 1970s based their style primarily on actors in Asiankung fu films, but received some influence because demonstrations of capoeira masterJelon Vieira in New York.[23][24]
TheBob's Burgers episode "Sexy Dance Fighting" (season 1, episode 4) prominently features Capoeira. It was first broadcast on television in the United States on theFox network on February 13, 2011.[26]
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