Kely Nascimento-DeLuca: 'If there's a time to use Pelé's name it's for something like this'

Pelé’s daughter on how she came to make a documentary on women’s football, racism in Brazil and the fight for equality

“There are no words,” says Kely Nascimento-DeLuca, the eldest daughter of Pelé, when I ask about her journey from women’s football novice to documentary maker on the subject. “I’ve always been very into football. I love football. It’s like Christmas, every game in Brazil. It’s hard to explain the feeling, the electricity during a game.”

Sitting in a cafe in downtown Manhattan, Nascimento-DeLuca is buzzing. Following this interview she will head off to celebrate with her co-director Justin Noto, having just dropped off the footage for Warriors of a Beautiful Game, their feature-length documentary on women’s football, at Rock Paper Scissors, the editors of the acclaimed Netflix documentary Icarus among many other productions.

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/29/kely-nascimento-deluca-if-theres-a-time-to-use-peles-name-its-for-something-like-this

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