| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (62 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Women Make Movies in 2000. |
| Summary |
This fascinating film follows the physically grueling and mentally exhausting training regimen of several young wanna-be GAEA GIRLS, a group of Japanese women wrestlers. The idea of them may seem like a total oxymoron in a country where women are usually regarded as docile and subservient. However, in training and in the arena, the female wrestlers depicted in this film are just as violent as any member of the World Wrestling Federation, and the blood that’s drawn is very real indeed. One recruit, Takeuchi, endures ritual humiliation not seen on screen since the boot camp sequences of Full Metal Jacket. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Asians.
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Gender identity.
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Women's studies.
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Physical education and training.
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Health.
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Documentary films.
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Foreign study.
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Social sciences.
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Williams, Jano, film director.
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Longinotto, Kim, film director.
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Women Make Movies (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
14820226 Kanopy |
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