The Fighting Cholitas

Director: Mariam Jobrani

Institute History

  • 2007 Sundance Film Festival

Description

A group of bold, female, Bolivian wrestlers push the limits of their culture by performing the acrobatic maneuvers of lucha libre every Sunday in El Alto, a low-income extension of La Paz.

Screening Details

Sundance Film Festival Awards

Credits

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