Rooftops (1989), a film featuring two homeless teenagers who use dance fights inspired by capoeira to settle arguments and as a form of entertainment.[8]
Only the Strong (1993), a film following a former Green Beret turned teacher in Miami who uses capoeira to teach his students discipline and ultimately faces off with the local gang.[9] It is considered the only Hollywood film to focus entirely on capoeira. Much of the film's fight choreography was created by Mestre Amen Santo.[10]
Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994) which featured a tournament with fighters of many styles, including a capoeirista played by Mestre Amen Santo.[11]
The Quest (1996), a martial arts tournament film featured a capoeirista played by Mestre Cesar Carneiro.[12]
The Street Fighter III series feature the capoeirista Elena. Elena, an African woman, was envisioned to have long arms and legs, and capoeira was chosen as a suitable fighting style for her.[16]
Zone 4, an online martial arts game, includes capoeira as a playable fighter's type.[17]
Other games featuring capoera include:
Martial Arts: Capoeira, is a 2011 RPG action game focused on capoera.[18]
In the mobile gameCrossy Road, a playable capoeira fighter was added in a Brazil-themed update. The character navigates through the streets of Rio de Janeiro with acrobatic flips.[19]
InOverwatch, Lucio, a music star from Brazil, has a skin where he performs a dance move based on capoeira.[20]
In the 2021 anime series Odd Taxi, Miho Shirakawa displays her limited knowledge of capoeira, to the dismay of protagonist Hiroshi Odokawa.[24] Later, Shirakawa uses the martial art to rescue Odokawa from an attacker.[25]
Breakdancing, developed in the 1970s, has many analogous moves. However, the original breakdancers of the early 1970s based their style primarily on actors in Asian kung fu films, but received some influence because demonstrations of capoeira master Jelon Vieira in New York.[26][27]
The Bob's Burgers episode "Sexy Dance Fighting" (season 1, episode 4) prominently features Capoeira. It was first broadcast on television in the United States on the Fox network on February 13, 2011.[29]
^Hudlin, Warrington; Black Filmmaker Foundation (1980), Capoeira of Brazil, Internet Archive, New York, NY : Black Filmmaker Foundation, retrieved 8 June 2021
^Wise, Robert (17 March 1989), Rooftops (Action, Crime, Drama), Jason Gedrick, Troy Byer, Eddie Velez, Tisha Campbell, Koch Company, Mark/Jett Productions, New Visions Pictures, retrieved 8 June 2021
