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Only the Strong
1993 · Director: Sheldon Lettich · US
What it is about
A former soldier teaches capoeira at a troubled high school in Miami.
The fighting in it
The film that first showed capoeira to a wide audience outside Brazil. The roda, the music and the berimbau are not decoration here but part of the practice — something most later films drop.
Martial arts in the film
Who appears in it
- Mark Dacascosactor — Louis Stevens
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