First Match (2018)

Directed by

Olivia Newman

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

12

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 148 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teen girl from Brooklyn joins her high school wrestling team looking for a way to channel her anger. She struggles to balance this new commitment with her troubled home life and a desire to reconnect with her father.

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What happens

First Match is a 2018 American drama film written and directed by Olivia Newman, based on her 2010 short film of the same name. The film stars Elvire Emanuelle, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Colman Domingo, Jharrel Jerome, and Jared Kemp. The film premiered at the 2018 South by Southwest festival on March 12 where it won the Audience Award and the LUNA/Gamechanger Award. It was then released on Netflix on March 30, 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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