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GLOBO – Caldeirão do Huck

O Caldeirão contou a história de Alan Duarte, um morador do Complexo do Alemão que criou o projeto Abraço Campeão para incentivar a sua comunidade a sair da violência e encontrar o seu futuro no esporte.

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Alan Luís Duarte forme ainsi les jeunes dès l’âge de six ans pour les accompagner à travers l’apprentissage de la boxe, comme alternative à la violence et à la criminalité.

Le projet « Abraço Campeão » est un point d’ancrage et d’espoir pour les enfants du quartier. Un lieu où le sport apaise les tensions. « Abraço » signifie « étreindre, serrer ».

RECORD TV

DOMINGO ESPETACULAR – Reportagem da Semana: Boxeador aposta no esporte para afastar crianças do crime

The Guardian

After Alan Duarte lost nine of his male relatives to violence, he set up a boxing academy to help young people develop their potential. His work is now the subject of an award-winning documentary by British filmmakers, “The Good Fight”.

GLOBO

Professor de boxe do Alemão quer passar filme premiado sobre sua vida no Rio

EXTRA

Filme conta história de boxeador do Alemão que perdeu dez parentes para a violência

Sounds and Colours

Winner of the Tribeca best documentary short as well as winning awards at the Atlanta Docufest and the Nevada City Film Festival, The Good Fight pulls no punches when it comes to the world it wants to describe, no doubt why it has proved a knock-out in so many festivals.

BBC BRASIL

Após perder 10 familiares em tiroteios, boxeador do Complexo do Alemão vira filme premiado internacionalmente

BBC LONDON

Filmmaker Ben Holman talks about ‘The Good Fight’ with Robert Elms.

The Japan Times / Yomiuri Shimbun

London Live News

TANK magazine

An award-winning documentary celebrates the fight for a better future in Rio de Janeiro’s favela communities.

A beautiful celebration of the inspiring desire to bring about change, The Good Fight and Duarte’s project deserve our attention.

Midwest Film Journal

Their subject is Alan Duarte, whose boxing training with a non-governmental organization led him to form Embracing Champions — his own source of positivity through pugilism — in his favela, Complexo do Alemao. Under the withering glares drug dealers toting assault weapons, it’s an act of bravery for Alan to even walk with cameramen to his apartment — let alone set up rings in which he and the youth of his neighborhood can spar.

Sports Illustrated

After a personal tragedy a Rio de Janeiro man uses boxing as a way to give back in the favelas. Delving into a side of Rio not often shown at the Olympics, this film is both heartbreaking and heartwarming. But be ready to dance at the end.

The DREAMCAGE

This is a project that has saved, not just Alan, not just those that he teaches, but the whole community and, what’s more, this documentary makes you care that it has.

Cultured Vultures

A short documentary about the healing power of a violent sport.

Vulture Hound

Even though this is a brief snapshot of Abraço Campeão, what is captivating about this film is the main voice you hear throughout is Alan’s.  It is his story, it is his vision, and despite clearly being a huge inspiration to people he is still a very humble man.

MIRO magazine

★★★★★ This is a film that makes you reconsider how lucky you really are, and how there’s always hope even at the darkest of times.

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That Moment In

Duarte is a public mentor, and hopes to change attitudes in the next generation, to reshape the lives of those who come next. It’s a challenging and powerfully emotional message.

Voz das Comunidades

Filme sobre projeto social ‘Abraço Campeão’ ganha prêmio de melhor documentário no Festival Tribeca

Campaign

Campaign gets the story behind Tribeca Film Festival winner The Good Fight, which was co-produced by Mother London and follows a man building a better future for his favela community in Rio de Janeiro.

Film News

In awarding the prize, the jury commented: “An unflinching portrait of finding hope in a world of danger; a journey of perseverance in the face of tragedy; an uplifting and visually compelling story of redemption. The winner of the Best Documentary Short is The Good Fight.”

REDE TV

O professor de Boxe Alan Duarte é protagonista do documentário “A Vida é Uma Luta”, eleito o melhor do Festival de Tribeca, realizado em Nova York e considerado um dos mais importantes do mundo para obras de não ficção.