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Girl vs. World (2017)

Girl vs. World poster
Directed by
Laura Plummer, Sofie Wolstrup
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
10 min

How it feels

A 16 year old girl in the coastal town of Essaouira, Morocco wants to become a boxer. Boxing is not seen as a sport for girls, so she pushes against that idea to be herself. The film shows her daily life in the boxing gym and with her friends.

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What happens

Girl vs. World er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 2017 instrueret af Sofie Wolstrup og Laura Plummer. En 16-årig pige fra kystbyen Essaouira i Marokko drømmer om at blive bokser, men det er ikke let, når boksning ikke anses for at være en sport for piger. Hun kæmper mod dette fastlagte kønsmønster for retten til at være sig selv. Filmen følger hendes hverdag i Essaouira, både i boksehallen og når hun er sammen med sine veninder. Filmen er et indblik i klassiske ungdomstemaer, som viser sig at være identificerbare, selv om historien lokaliserer sig i en anden kultur. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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