Independent Film Channel
1) Girlfight
Series
The Criterion collection volume 1219
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Bullied by her father at home and feeling adrift at school, Diana Guzman finds refuge in an unexpected pocket of her native Brooklyn, a timeworn boxing gym, where she learns to channel her strength, discovers a sense of community, and falls for a rival fighter. In Karyn Kusama's raw, understated feature debut, Rodriguez commands the screen with both tightly coiled intensity and deep wells of vulnerability as a young woman hitting back at society's...
3) Cell 211
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2011, 2009]
Language
Español
Description
On his first day on the job, prison officer Juan Olivier is knocked unconscious in a freak accident and his co-workers carry him to an empty cell. When he awakens, Juan discovers that he has been abandoned in the middle of a riot in a high-security cellblock. To survive, Juan must pose as a prisoner.