They Call Us Warriors
Film poster
SpanishNos llaman guerreras
Directed byJennifer Socorro
David Alonso
Edwin Corona Ramos
Written byEdwin Corona Ramos
Jennifer Socorro
Produced byPriscilla Torres
Jennifer Socorro
StarringDeyna Castellanos
Veronica Herrera
Yerlianes Moreno
Sandra Luzardo
Daniuska Rodríguez
CinematographyDavid Alonso
Edited byEnrique Aranguren
Keyla Bernal
Music byCarlos Poletto
Distributed byAl Agua Cinema
Release date
  • 16 February 2018 (2018-02-16)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryVenezuela
LanguageSpanish

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.

Plot

After 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

The 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

  1. ^ "Nos llaman guerreras". JustWatch. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Nos llaman guerreras (2018)". Marca (in Spanish). 18 August 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Las chicas de la Vinotinto Sub-20 estrenan película este #16Feb: "Nos llaman guerreras"". Runrunes (in Spanish). 5 February 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Nos llaman guerreras". Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  6. ^ "THEY CALL US WARRIORS". Brooklyn Film Festival. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  7. ^ "NOS LLAMAN GUERRERAS/THEY CALL US WARRIORS". Women Sports Film Festival. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

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