Namibia: Cuba’s Female Boxing Revolution

The read

It runs a compact 3m.

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Maceo FrostDirector

Cast

• Namibia Flores RodriguezSelf

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