Boxing for Freedom (2015)

Name: Boxing for Freedom
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Released: 2016-06-29T20:00:31+02:00
Cast: Sadaf Rahimi, Salima Rahimi, Shabnam Rahimi

Documentary | 74 minutes

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Genre: Documentary / Drama

Duration: 74 minuten

Country: Spain

Directed by: Juan Antonio Moreno Amador and Silvia Venegas Venegas

Stars: Sadaf Rahimi, Salima Rahimi and Shabnam Rahimi

IMDb score: 6,8 (23)

Releasedate: 18 November 2015

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Boxing for Freedom plot

"To fight her destiny, she became Afghanistan’s best boxer"

Sadaf Rahimi is the best female boxer in Afghanistan, but she has to deal with her country's traditions, her fears and her destiny to be a free woman. Sadaf and her sister Shabnam were selected to join the women's boxing team at the age of 13 when they returned from Iran as refugees. Her boxing skills and academic prowess will make Sadaf an example for women in her country, but her path will not be one without threats and threats.