A Batalha do Passinho | |
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Directed by | Emílio Domingos |
Written by | Emílio Domingos Julia Mariano |
Edited by | Guilherme Schumann |
Music by | Vinimax |
Production company | Osmose Filmes |
Distributed by | Cine Santa Filmes |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | Brazil |
Language | Portuguese |
A Batalha do Passinho (Portuguese: "Passinho Battle", lit. "The Battle of Passinho"; English release title Passinho Dance-Off) is a 2012 Brazilian documentary film directed by Emílio Domingos. The film follows a dance known as "passinho", which emerged from the funk carioca scene in the early 2000s.[1]
The style of dancing which developed in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and is known as passinho evolved out of the funk carioca culture. After a video of a group of friends at a barbecue, Passinho Foda, received four million hits on YouTube, dancers from other communities began to upload their own home-made clips, and the dance quickly spread across Rio de Janeiro.[2] The documentary shows the dancers and the phenomenon expanding beyond the bailes, slums and DJs.[3]