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Films
found one film
Region
“Central Asia and Far East”
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Country
“Japan”
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Keywords
“Gender Role and Identity”
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Directors
“Williams, Jano”
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Series
“0”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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Year of production
“2000”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
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Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
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Country
Japan
1
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Keywords
Gender Role and Identity
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Sport
1
Directors
Longinotto, Kim
1
Williams, Jano
1
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Series
not set
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Country of production
United Kingdom
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Year of production
2000
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Colour / Black and white
Film
Gaea Girls
2000
106
‘
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
Jano Williams
.
A film about courage, transformation and dreams in the extraordinary world of Japanese women’s wrestling. Gaea Girls focuses on the hopes and fears of the beleaguered Gaea Japan squad, whose reputation hangs by a thread after a series of setbacks in the ring. There is the spindly 16-year old who spent three years persuading her parents to let her join, the new recruit who ran away but has returned begging for a second chance, and the rookie desperate to make her debut in the ring. At the centre of the film is the tough but popular trainer who – with her own very particular philosophy and personal history – rules the girls, trying to fashion them in her own image.
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and Identity
Sport