Pumping Iron II: The Women (1985)

Directed by

George Butler

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four female bodybuilders train for a competition. One of them is much more muscular than the others, which causes disagreements among judges and competitors about what a female bodybuilder should look like.

observationalintimatethought-provokingcontroversialdeterminedenergetictendercandid

What happens

Pumping Iron II: The Women is a 1985 documentary film directed by George Butler about female bodybuilding. The film follows four women as they prepare for and compete in a bodybuilding competition. It is a follow-up to Butler's 1977 documentary Pumping Iron, which centered on a male bodybuilding competition, and notably introduced Arnold Schwarzenegger to a wide audience. The film's central drama concerns the participation of Australian powerlifter Bev Francis who is unusually muscular even by the standards of female bodybuilders, sparking debates about the importance and definition of "femininity" in female bodybuilding. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Generation Iron 2 (2017)
• Hooked: Muscle Women (2008)
• Generation Iron 3 (2018)
• Body Girls (1985)
• Supersize She (2005)
• Man Made (2018)
• I Like to Hurt People (1985)
• The Perfect Physique (2015)