The extreme passion for Lucha Libre, leads a small group of Ecuadorian amateur wrestlers to face each other in a tournament to win a dream opportunity to fight in the Holy Land of Lucha Libre: Mexico.
The extreme passion for Lucha Libre, leads a small group of Ecuadorian amateur wrestlers to face each other in a tournament to win a dream opportunity to fight in the Holy Land of Lucha Libre: Mexico.
2015-10-02
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Lucha libre is part of Mexican culture, but how did something that was shown in circuses and fairs become a cinematic genre? Join us to learn about this trajectory.
A look at one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the United States, professional wrestling.
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Carlos Avila, this documentary program profiles three legendary wrestlers in a creative and imaginative exploration of the colorful, fascinating and mysterious world of lucha libre Mexican wrestling.
Far from home, in a place where wrestling comes as naturally as breathing, Kyle Snyder takes a journey like no other into the heart of Dagestan. Experience wrestling to its fullest as Kyle visits the homeland of his fiercest competitor.
Considered to be one of the best high school wrestling dynasties of all time, "Men of Iron" tells the story of the Walsh Jesuit Warriors and the coach who led them to national dominance.
The 70th anniversary of the birth of El Santo and the wrestling debut of his son mark the starting point for which El Hijo del Santo will take us into his story. His family history goes beyond the ring through personal memories and records, and brings us closer to his childhood with a father who had a double identity, to the discovery of the hero at home, and the reasons for wanting to continue this legacy.
A moving, inspirational story that gives viewers a rare glimpse into the world of high school wrestling at one of Los Angeles' most elite and highly touted prep schools. Filled with drama, laughter, and heart, "Junkyard Dogs" is an underdog story that captures the essence of what it takes to be a champion and sheds light on the power and importance of one of the world's oldest sports.
The courageous female wrestlers of Ciudad Juárez, a city known for its high murder rate against women - who fight in the ring and in their daily lives to redefine the image of what it means to be a woman in Mexico.
Kemonito, a beloved mascot of the Mexico World Wrestling Council, has suffered many injuries, but he can’t retire and lose his only means to support his family.
Olympic gold Medalist, 3X Olympian, 3X All American. Kenny Monday is a legend in the sport of Wrestling. Though his legacy is forever cemented in history, Monday's Journey to greatness has a remained shrouded in mystery. From his start at a Youth Wrestling club at the YMCA 3 straight Olympic teams, this documentary dives deep into the life and legend that is Kenny Monday.
A young man from Lima faces anxiety and depression in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic while trying to carry out the most ambitious project of his life: an experimental documentary in the style of the French New Wave about Peruvian wrestling, in which which will condense more than a thousand hours of footage that he has been recording for 4 years. The political and health crises that the country is going through, the confinement and the ghosts typical of someone who suffers from emotional problems will make this work more difficult. So he will cling to the enormous passion he has for cinema and for this beautiful sport that has fascinated him since he was a child.
The documentary portrays the life and history of Mexican wrestlers who for various reasons have decided to participate in this contact sport characterizing exotic characters. The exotic refers to the strange, the mysterious, the weird, the unusual. Particularly in wrestling exotic style refers to refined athletes in their clothing, well groomed, with a very special walk, occasionally thin effeminate. Not rude, not technical, but not rare height or size, these mannered gladiators have represented a third option within the Mexican rings, some shamelessly displaying their sexual preference and thereby defying the homophobic, or secretly homophily, mood of the wrestling fans.
Documentary film by François Reichenbach of the lucha libre in Mexico. A study of the wrestling mania, in which he also delivers a portrait of life, politics and popular culture in Mexico
Between punches and jumps, the fighters of the team "Flecha Dourada" return to the ring after 50 years to relive the glorious era of wrestling in Santa Catarina, South of Brazil.
Santo, the saint of the wrestling ring, faces off against an evil voodoo priestess intent on making a more powerful atomic bomb!
TripleMania XXXI: Tijuana was a professional wrestling event produced by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). The event took place on July 15, 2023 in Estadio Caliente in Tijuana, Baja California.
Calpuina is a night-watchman in a wharehouse, a perfect job for him. When some thieves break in and steal some crates, El Santo is after them because they are using the wharehouse for diamond smuggling. Capulina hinders their capture. Then he decides that he will put on a wrestler's mask and help El Santo to caputre the crooks.
Santo and Jorge Rivero team-up to stop an international syndicate from stealing Mexico's greatest treasure.