Black Pearls of Brazil | Close Up

A bunch of ladies from the Brazilian favelas flip their lives round by coaching in The Black Pearls soccer membership.

“Rio De Janeiro … favelas, violence … I come from the Metropolis of God the place actuality has turned me right into a warrior,” says Samantha Reiss, a left-back participant within the Black Pearls soccer workforce.

The 27-year-old is from the Metropolis of God, probably the most harmful components of Brazil, a battleground between gangs and the police. “I had each motive to go the fallacious method,” she says, “however I didn’t wish to, as a result of I knew the trail was the best way of soccer.”

Samantha, identified by her teammates as Reis, is without doubt one of the 28 women who've been given a shot at a greater life. The Black Pearls soccer academy, the place she and her teammates play, isn't solely a coaching centre however additionally it is a house and faculty for at-risk youth.

We kick off this episode of Shut Up with the younger participant as she and her teammates try and make it into the nationwide soccer championship. Will these younger ladies from the favelas change their lives round?

CREDITS:

A movie by Alexander Lali Houghton

Further Digital camera: Leandro Mantovani

Native Producers: Jeff Dias Mesquita

Editors: Mariana Penedo

Colourist: Kariny Delahaye

Producers: Antonia Perrello & Tierney Bonini

EP: Tierney Bonini

Post a Comment

Previous Post Next Post