Luchadoras

by Paola Calvo, Patrick Jasim
  • 2021  RISE AND SHINE
  • 2021  RISE AND SHINE
  • 2021  RISE AND SHINE
  • 2021  RISE AND SHINE

    Synopsis

    Luchadoras portrays the courageous female wrestlers of Ciudad Juárez, a city known for its high femicide rates. There is Mini Serinita who's biggest dream is to become a full time Luchadora and leave the factory work that disenfranchises so many women for good. Lady Candy who can see the US Border, where her daughters were taken, from her house but due to visa regulations can never cross it. And Baby Star, the young single mother who was a Lucha Libre Star at an early age and now makes her way to a come back. With Mexican passion they present a new image of what it means to be a woman in Mexico.

    Festivals

    2021
    SXSW South by Southwest, Austin Texas
    GRANIT - Documentary Award for the best documentary – 55 Hof IFF
    exground filmfest 34
    2022
    Docs Against Gravity
    2023
    shortlisted #lola23 – Deutscher Filmpreis Dokumentarfilm