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Boxing for Freedom

Original title: Boxing for Freedom
German title: Boxing for Freedom
Spain, 2015

Director: Amador, Juan Antonio Moreno & Venegas Venegas, Silvia
Production company: Making DOC
Age recommendation: 14 years and up
Length: 74 min.
Film genre: Documentary

Synopsis:
This documentary tells the rather fantastic story of how Sadaf Rahimi from Afghanistan became the country’s best female boxer. Sadaf’s idol is boxer Laila Ali, daughter of Muhammad Ali, and her aim is to just as good. It can feel like a long journey when Sadaf’s reality is that Afghani girls have to fight for equality and their right to freedom of choice.

Festivals:
Fribourg IFF 2016, BUFF Malmö 2016, Oulu CFF 2016, Olympia CFF Pyrgos 2016, Seattle CFF 2017

World sales address/es:
Making DOC (ES)