Renzo Gracie: Legacy

Renzo Gracie Legacy is a 2008 documentary film about Brazilian jiu jitsu pioneer Renzo Gracie, directed by Gethin Aldous and written by Aldous, Steve Allen and Adrian Miller. Shot over a tenyear period, it shows the origins of the sport of Mixed martial arts from its bare knuckle days to the explosion of the sport in both Japan and America.

The film was shot, edited, produced, and directed by Gethin Aldous. He followed Renzo over a 7year period and another student of Renzos, Alex Shum, filmed Renzo foryears before that. The filmmakers chose to shun a normal distribution route and decided to selfdistribute, desiring that the money for all the blood, sweat, and tears put into the film went straight to its makers. It was selffinanced by the filmmakers on a shoestring budget.It premiered October 25, 2008 at the United States Sports Film Festival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., and was released on DVD with little or no marketing on November 14, 2008, through its own website and Amazon.com. ........

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