They Call Us Warriors (Spanish: Nos llaman guerreras) is a 2018 Venezuelan documentary film about the female Venezuela national football team and their competition in the World Cup.
| They Call Us Warriors | |
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| Spanish | Nos llaman guerreras |
| Directed by | Jennifer Socorro David Alonso Edwin Corona Ramos |
| Written by | Edwin Corona Ramos Jennifer Socorro |
| Produced by | Priscilla Torres Jennifer Socorro |
| Starring | Deyna Castellanos Veronica Herrera Yerlianes Moreno Sandra Luzardo Daniuska Rodríguez |
| Cinematography | David Alonso |
| Edited by | Enrique Aranguren Keyla Bernal |
| Music by | Carlos Poletto |
| Distributed by | Al Agua Cinema |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | Venezuela |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
editAfter winning at the U17 South American Women Championship, as well as facing social and economic hardships to practice football discrimination in the environment of a machista sport, the Venezuelan national female football team, led by its captain Deyna Castellanos, has a chance to win the World Cup in Jordan, the first one for Venezuela, and to give a voice to women football in Venezuela.[1][2][3] The documentary film features places from Naguanagua, Guasdualito, Mérida and Caracas in Venezuela, to Florida, in the United States.[4]
Reception
editThe film was screened at the Havana Film Festival,[5] the Brooklyn Film Festival,[6] the Atlanta Film Festival in April 2018[4] and on 29 September 2018 at the Women Sports Film Festival.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Nos llaman guerreras". JustWatch. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Nos llaman guerreras (2018)". Marca (in Spanish). 18 August 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Las chicas de la Vinotinto Sub-20 estrenan película este #16Feb: "Nos llaman guerreras"". Runrunes (in Spanish). 5 February 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ a b ""Nos llaman guerreras": la épica historia de la Vinotinto Sub-17 femenina llega a los cines". Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). 16 February 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Nos llaman guerreras". Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "THEY CALL US WARRIORS". Brooklyn Film Festival. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "NOS LLAMAN GUERRERAS/THEY CALL US WARRIORS". Women Sports Film Festival. Retrieved 29 July 2021.