Kite Fight

Directed by Guilherme Tensol · 2014

In Rocinha, Rio's largest favela, young kite fighters and their elders battle across the sky, sharing designs and cutting strategies handed down through generations.

A vivid glimpse of Rio's rooftop kite battles, where the whole sky becomes an arena.

After futebol, soltar pipas, is Brasil’s most popular sport. In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, flying the pipa is more than a leisurely escape from on-the-ground realities—it’s a venue for battle, with the entire sky as

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