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Season 22 Episode 9 - Ella es el Matador (She Is the Matador)
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.
Episodes in Season 22
New Muslim Cool
60 min
Beyond Hatred
60 min
Life.Support.Music
60 min
The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court
60 min
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
60 min
Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go
60 min
Shorts Program
60 min
This Way Up
60 min
Ella es el Matador (She Is the Matador)
60 min
English Surgeon
60 min
The Principal Story
60 min
Bronx Princess
60 min
The Way We Get By
60 min
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
60 min
