Short film
Namibia: Cuba’s Female Boxing Revolution
2016 · 3 min
A brief, intimate portrait of grit and quiet defiance, watching a lone athlete train against the odds.
- Directed by
- Maceo Frost
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Namibia Flores Rodriguez
- Overview
- The short film captures the tireless battle of Namibia Flores Rodriguez, the only known female boxer in the Caribbean nation. Training at Havana’s Rafael Trejo arena in defiance of the ban, the athlete undertakes the same unrelenting regime as her male counterparts—running the same circuits, lifting the same truck tires—but without the hope that she might one day represent her country.
- How it feels
- Earnest, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Gender, rebellion, isolation, survival
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Maceo Frost
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Namibia Flores Rodriguez
