| A Batalha do Passinho | |
| Director: | Emílio Domingos |
| Music: | Vinimax |
| Editing: | Guilherme Schumann |
| Studio: | Osmose Filmes |
| Distributor: | Cine Santa Filmes |
| Runtime: | 72 minutes |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Language: | Portuguese |
A Batalha do Passinho (; English release title Passinho Dance-Off) is a 2012 Brazilian documentary film directed by Emílio Domingos. The film follows a dance known as passinho, which emerged from the funk carioca scene in the early 2000s.[1]
The style of dancing which developed in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and is known as passinho evolved out of the funk carioca culture. After a video of a group of friends at a barbecue, Passinho Foda, received four million hits on YouTube, dancers from other communities began to upload their own home-made clips, and the dance quickly spreads across the city.[2] The documentary shows the dancers and the phenomenon expanding beyond the bailes, slums and DJs.[3]