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GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (2012)

GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling poster
Original title
GLOW: The Story of The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
Directed by
Brett Whitcomb
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 16m
Rated
14A
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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This documentary looks back at a women's wrestling promotion from the 1980s. It mixes old TV footage with recent interviews from the women who were part of it.

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What happens

GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling is a documentary film about professional wrestling. Released in 2012, it tells the story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (abbreviated G.L.O.W. or GLOW), a women's wrestling promotion. GLOW staged live events that were filmed and then shown on American television for four seasons in the late 1980s. The documentary includes footage from the TV series, combined with then-recent interviews of some of the participants. The film was directed by Brett Whitcomb and written by Bradford Thomason. It premiered on April 27, 2012, at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. It won the Best Documentary award at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con film festival. It was released on DVD in the United States on March 26, 2013. It became available for streaming on Netflix on April 1, 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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