Besouro (2009) The Assailant
Based on a true story The “true story” of Besouro, a Capoeira master living in 1920s Brazil. Set in the jungles of Bahia in the 1920s, the tale is firmly grounded in its historical time and place, when rich white landowners exploited black workers like slaves, even after the nominal abolition of slavery. The action […]