Namibia: Cuba’s Female Boxing Revolution

3 mins
The short film captures the tireless battle of Namibia Flores Rodriguez, the only known female boxer in the Caribbean nation. Training at Havana’s Rafael Trejo arena in defiance of the ban, the athlete undertakes the same unrelenting regime as her male counterparts—running the same circuits, lifting the same truck tires—but without the hope that she might one day represent her country.

Jesper Pålsson

Executive Producer

Raymond van der Kaaij

Executive Producer

Maceo Frost

Director

Filip Kiisk

Producer

Lionel Cabrera

Director of Photography

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