Our journey began with this letter inviting us to participate in the CBJJ World Championships of Jiu Jitsu, or the Mundial, or the Mundials, as BJJ competitors in the US variously called the most important event of the year.
Completely agree, though my international traveling is still way more limited than I’d like (Italy 2018 and Brazil 2x in the 2000s). Looking forward to much more travel in my old curmudgeon years!
Have you seen this movie? I took a date who was traumatized by it. :-)
City of God (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) is a critically acclaimed 2002 Brazilian crime film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, depicting the rise of organized crime in a Rio de Janeiro favela from the 1960s to the 1980s. The story follows two children’s diverging paths—one becoming a photographer, the other a drug dealer—highlighting rampant gang violence.
Yes! Great movie. The TV show follows up w/the same characters (and cast) 20 years later or so. It’s not as good as the film, but I still enjoyed it - and we got to listen to a lot of Portuguese spoken with that Rio spin.
No place like it
Completely agree, though my international traveling is still way more limited than I’d like (Italy 2018 and Brazil 2x in the 2000s). Looking forward to much more travel in my old curmudgeon years!
Have you seen this movie? I took a date who was traumatized by it. :-)
City of God (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) is a critically acclaimed 2002 Brazilian crime film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, depicting the rise of organized crime in a Rio de Janeiro favela from the 1960s to the 1980s. The story follows two children’s diverging paths—one becoming a photographer, the other a drug dealer—highlighting rampant gang violence.
Yes! Great movie. The TV show follows up w/the same characters (and cast) 20 years later or so. It’s not as good as the film, but I still enjoyed it - and we got to listen to a lot of Portuguese spoken with that Rio spin.
Or:
https://youtu.be/A_7ATU9dslE?si=6Rwk54tC5_5Q2Y2z