Namibia: Cuba’s Female Boxing Revolution

Name: Namibia: Cuba’s Female Boxing Revolution
Director: Maceo Frost
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-05-20
Duration: 3 min
Cast: Namibia Flores Rodriguez

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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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Namibia Flores Rodriguez

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