Releasing Fall 2025 from Grasshopper Film
Taft High School, the South Bronx. It’s known for being the first high school in the country to have metal detectors, but a group of pioneering women on the schools’ wrestling team are looking to change that legacy and their lives. Shirley wants a college scholarship, Nyasia wants to get in shape, Mariam is juggling studies and sports, and Alba is a recent immigrant looking for a home. Shot over the course of more than two years, the film weaves together practices, matches, and at-home footage to create an intimate portrait of four young women and a team struggling to overcome the daily challenges around them.
Meet The Team
Shirley Paulino
Nyasia Jennings
Alba Ciprian
Mariam Sillah
Shakye Ford
Coach Josh Lee
Coach Robert Carrillo
89%
8.3 IMDb
Press
A heartfelt and somber semi-autobiographical look backward that nonetheless resonates as a universal story about the necessity—and sometimes painful cost—of survival.
Rolling Stone
October 23, 2022
A stark, shattering work but there’s a lot of meat on the bone, and Field gives viewers plenty to chew on… Tár is both Field and Blanchett’s orchestra, and they both get to share the title of maestro.
Detroit News
October 21, 2022
As masterful as the character it portrays, TÁR is a textured, finely calibrated, stunningly composed, and thoroughly contemporary study.
Austin Chronicle
October 20, 2022
lucha WRESTLING CLUB
LUCHA Wrestling Club is New York City’s first and only all-girls freestyle wrestling program — born from the award-winning documentary LUCHA: A Wrestling Tale. What began as a small high school team in the South Bronx and a grassroots film project has grown into a citywide movement — one that’s redefining what’s possible for young women in sports.
