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Ella es el Matador (She Is the Matador)
For Spaniards — and for the world — nothing has expressed their country's traditionally rigid gender roles more powerfully than the image of the male matador. So sacred was the bullfighter's masculinity to Spanish identity that a 1908 law barred women from the sport. Ella Es el Matador reveals the surprising history of the women who made such a law necessary and offers fascinating profiles of two female matadors currently in the arena: the acclaimed Mari Paz Vega and neophyte Eva Florencia. These women are gender pioneers by necessity. But what emerges as their truest motivation is their sheer passion — for bullfighting and the pursuit of a dream.
Aired: Sep 01, 2009 Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 1h Rating: 0 Country:Production:
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01: New Muslim Cool02: Beyond Hatred03: Life.Support.Music04: The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court05: The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)06: Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go07: Shorts Program08: This Way Up09: Ella es el Matador (She Is the Matador)10: English Surgeon11: The Principal Story12: Bronx Princess13: The Way We Get By14: Patti Smith: Dream of Life