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Luchadoras

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The film is an intimate portrait of three courageous female wrestlers (Luchadoras) from Ciudad Juarez. Despite being surrounded by machismo they redefine the image of women in Mexico. The short statured Mini Serinita’s dream is to become a full time Luchadora and leave the factory work that disenfranchises so many women for good. Lady Candy can see the U.S Border from her house. Her daughters were taken to the US, but due to visa regulations she cannot cross the border to see them. Baby Star is a young single mother with a Lucha Libre childhood past. She is looking to make a comeback. With Mexican passion they present a new image of what it means to be a woman in Mexico.

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Erick Estrada Cinegarage 06/29/2022
Shows humility and executes its reaches. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Glenn Dunks The Film Experience 11/05/2021
Like similar docs that focus on the role women play in otherwise violently masculine societies, Luchadoras finds subjects with brute internal strength. It just happens they have the ability to throw you around, too. Go to Full Review Demetrios Matheou Screen International 06/28/2021
It's an incredibly strong documentary, whose potent combination of the exotically particular and the grimly universal ought to see it travelling far beyond its borders. Go to Full Review Marisa Mirabal Slashfilm 04/11/2021
3.5/5
Luchadoras is a powerful portrayal of female resistance and breaking the status quo. Go to Full Review Asher Luberto L.A. Weekly 04/09/2021
A bracing look at what it means to be a woman in Mexico, Luchadoras follows three female athletes as they dodge punches on the mat, and wrestle with a sexist, corrupt, murderously masochistic society outside the ring. Go to Full Review Musanna Ahmed Film Inquiry 04/03/2021
Luchadoras is a compelling feminist perspective of a subculture, but what makes this wrestling film stand out is the examination of social issues that envelop the subjects' lives. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Patrick Jasim

Director

Paola Calvo

Director

Mini Sirenita

Actor

Miss Kath

Actor

Paola Calvo

Writer

Paola Calvo

Screenwriter

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Synopsis The film is an intimate portrait of three courageous female wrestlers (Luchadoras) from Ciudad Juarez. Despite being surrounded by machismo they redefine the image of women in Mexico. The short statured Mini Serinita’s dream is to become a full time Luchadora and leave the factory work that disenfranchises so many women for good. Lady Candy can see the U.S Border from her house. Her daughters were taken to the US, but due to visa regulations she cannot cross the border to see them. Baby Star is a young single mother with a Lucha Libre childhood past. She is looking to make a comeback. With Mexican passion they present a new image of what it means to be a woman in Mexico.
Director
Patrick Jasim, Paola Calvo
Screenwriter
Paola Calvo, Paola Calvo, Phillip Kaminiak
Genre
Documentary, Sports & Fitness
Runtime
1h 33m