Ella es el Matador (She is the Matador)

Ella es el Matador (She is the Matador)
Producers: Gemma Cubero/Celeste Carrasco
Genre: Documentary
Length: 1 Episode/60 Minutes
Available on PBS Summer 2009

Ella es el Matador (She is the Matador) is a character driven documentary about two women who choose the profession of bullfighting. Eva Florencia is a novice originally from Italy and Maripaz Vega is the only active professional female matador in the world. Following these women over the span of seven years, the viewer gains rare insights into their world. While these women pursue the same dream as their male counterparts - the glory of dominating the beast - they are forced to fight not only against the bull but also against decades of legal prohibition and prejudice. The historical struggle, from the beginning of the 20th century to the present, is shown through archival footage and brief interviews with historians and background female matadors. Through primary interviews shot in DV and verité scenes, this character driven documentary illuminates the attraction of the two protagonists to the mystique of bullfighting and the contradictions of this ancestral tradition.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Latino
• Public
• Broadcasting
• PBS
• documentary
• Gemma
• Cubero
• Celeste
• Carrasco

[marah777]

bien por èstas mujeres valientes que demuestran su valor en la plaza