Rio de Janeiro, Dec 30 (Ians) Tributes flowed for Brazilian football legend Pele following his death from cancer at the age of 82.
Pele’s passing dominated news headlines in Brazil and across South America on Friday.
“Pele showed the power of sport and set a new limit to fame,” the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper said, referring to his status as an icon of the 20th century.
It also highlighted Pele’s role in temporarily halting Nigeria’s civil conflict as the warring parties signed a two-day ceasefire in 1969 to accommodate a friendly match featuring the famous No. 10.
“The superstar enchanted with his football stopped wars and changed the game forever,” Folha de S.Paulo’s Juca Kfouri wrote.
The newspaper praised Pele’s ability to maintain impossibly high standards over a professional career that started in his mid-teens and extended until his mid-30s.
“During his 20-year career, teams changed.
Pele’s passing dominated news headlines in Brazil and across South America on Friday.
“Pele showed the power of sport and set a new limit to fame,” the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper said, referring to his status as an icon of the 20th century.
It also highlighted Pele’s role in temporarily halting Nigeria’s civil conflict as the warring parties signed a two-day ceasefire in 1969 to accommodate a friendly match featuring the famous No. 10.
“The superstar enchanted with his football stopped wars and changed the game forever,” Folha de S.Paulo’s Juca Kfouri wrote.
The newspaper praised Pele’s ability to maintain impossibly high standards over a professional career that started in his mid-teens and extended until his mid-30s.
“During his 20-year career, teams changed.
- 12/30/2022
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Soccer legend Pelé is justifiably regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time, and one of the most significant people of the 20th century. But sources in Netflix’s new documentary film “Pelé” argue he could have done more with his influence during the decades the country was under military rule.
After making his professional debut as a forward with Santos Fc at age 16, Pelé’s prodigious ability to score an absolutely insane amount of goals and his accuracy, stamina, and intuitive, graceful style of play elevated both him and Brazil to the top of worldwide soccer rankings. He became so popular even that in 1961 Brazil’s government declared him an “official national treasure” in order to prevent him from joining a soccer team in another county.
Pelé wielded huge influence over his fellow Brazilians and soccer fans globally, but as seen in the film directed by David Tryhorn,...
After making his professional debut as a forward with Santos Fc at age 16, Pelé’s prodigious ability to score an absolutely insane amount of goals and his accuracy, stamina, and intuitive, graceful style of play elevated both him and Brazil to the top of worldwide soccer rankings. He became so popular even that in 1961 Brazil’s government declared him an “official national treasure” in order to prevent him from joining a soccer team in another county.
Pelé wielded huge influence over his fellow Brazilians and soccer fans globally, but as seen in the film directed by David Tryhorn,...
- 2/25/2021
- by Samson Amore
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Priscila Miranda’s fledgling Brazilian distributor will launch the documentary-fiction hybrid to coincide with the Games in Rio that start next month.
Rodrigo Mac Niven’s crowd-funded Olympia 2016 examines corruption in Brazil, focusing on Rio and the Games.
Niven interviewed experts and academics such as economist and Smith College professor Andrew Zimbalist, Colombian philosopher Bernardo Toro, Brazilian professor and philosopher Vladimir Safatle and sports journalist Juca Kfouri.
The film has been backed by 534 supporters and will open in Brazil in August and in France via Miranda’s Tucuman Films in October.
Fênix Filmes’ 2016 slate includes Marco Bellocchio’s Blood Of My Blood, Amos Gitai’s Rabin, The Last Day and Gabriel Ripstein’s 600 Miles.
Rodrigo Mac Niven’s crowd-funded Olympia 2016 examines corruption in Brazil, focusing on Rio and the Games.
Niven interviewed experts and academics such as economist and Smith College professor Andrew Zimbalist, Colombian philosopher Bernardo Toro, Brazilian professor and philosopher Vladimir Safatle and sports journalist Juca Kfouri.
The film has been backed by 534 supporters and will open in Brazil in August and in France via Miranda’s Tucuman Films in October.
Fênix Filmes’ 2016 slate includes Marco Bellocchio’s Blood Of My Blood, Amos Gitai’s Rabin, The Last Day and Gabriel Ripstein’s 600 Miles.
- 7/26/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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