PBS POV-She Is the Matador.Sep 1, 2009.WS-PDTV.XviD.Ekolb

Ella Es el Matador (She Is the Matador) Premiere Date: September 1, 2009 For Spaniards — and for the world — nothing has expressed their country's traditionally rigid gender roles more powerfully than the image of the male matador. So sacred was the bullfighter's masculinity to Spanish identity that a 1908 law barred women from the sport. Ella Es el Matador reveals the surprising history of the women who made such a law necessary and offers fascinating profiles of two female matadors currently in the arena: the acclaimed Mari Paz Vega and neophyte Eva Florencia. These women are gender pioneers by necessity. But what emerges as their truest motivation is their sheer passion — for bullfighting and the pursuit of a dream. A co-presentation with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB). Format : AVI Length : 465 MiB for 54mn 29s 544ms Codec : XviD Source : PDTV Subtitles : English Hard Coded Video #0 : MPEG-4 Visual at 1 041 Kbps Aspect : 624 x 352 (1.773) at 29.970 fps Audio #0 : MPEG Audio at 138 Kbps Infos : 2 channels, 48.0 KHz Enjoy! Ekolb

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kjrisky (2009-09-14)

I haven't seen the documentary yet, but I'm simply wondering out loud; Law or no law, why would women want to be Matadors? And how can this be seen as a feminist issue. The practice of Bullfighting is barbaric to begin with. Who would want to support a woman's right to practice bullfighting?