Mamachas del Ring

Film fans and Wrestling fans unite! (We hope...)

2011-06-19T21:55:00.000-04:00

@MelanieTeamDD: If you support indy wrestling, why not support indy cinema too?

The folks over at Diva-Dirt.com have been incredibly supportive of Mamachas and the upcoming DVD release, and it is absolutely encouraging and inspiring. For those who aren't in the know yet, Diva-Dirt.com is THE leading fansite for professional women's wrestling. They cover everything from WWE bigwigs to the independent wrestling circuit, to, well, independent documentaries about independent female wrestlers in Bolivia.

Their tweets, posts, and the podcast interview I did with them has really given me some hope that maybe, just maybe, the DVD and Video on Demand releasee will really be the legs that Mamachas needs to reach its audience. Our festival run has been amazing/exciting/intense/overall awesome, but what about people who haven't crossed paths with the circuit?

I guess we'll find out JUNE 21st, when the DVD hits the streets!

DVD!

2011-06-09T11:00:00.007-04:00

We are proud to announce the upcoming DVD and streaming release of Mamachas del Ring!

Indiepix will be releasing the DVD in the US on June 21st, and it will be available for downloading and streaming on the 28th. Get it while it's hot!

(...and stay tuned for news on itunes and Amazon, coming this July...)

Mamachas screening in NY- June 22 @ 6:30pm

2011-06-08T13:42:00.002-04:00

Dear NY,

If you missed it at Margaret Meade, the HBO Latino Film Festival, and 92Y Tribeca, here's your (last?) chance to catch it on the big screen before it hits the streets on DVD and VOD at the end of this month.

The Instituto Cervantes and Cinema Tropical are hosting a screening on June 22nd at 6:30pm, and it would be great to see you there!

Click below for more info.

JUNE 22nd, 6:30pm
Instituto Cervantes - Auditorio
211-215 East 49th Street 10017 Nueva York (ESTADOS UNIDOS)
Subway E,V to Lexington Ave-53rd St; 6 to 51st St. Tlf: 1 212 308 77 20

French Cosmo features Mamachas del Ring!

2011-04-09T16:56:00.000-04:00

Bonjour! Makeup tips, something about sex, and a 3-page spread on Mamachas del Ring in this month's French Cosmo (May 2011). Can we say rad???

Mamachas in Montevideo, Uruguay

2011-04-02T16:25:00.001-04:00

Coming up-- The 29th International Uruguayan Film Festival. The Montevideo festival starts right on the heels of BAFICI, the Buenos Aires film festival where Mamachas had its very first screening...

Tues. April 19th, 20:35hrs (8:35pm), Sala Cinemateca
Thurs. April 21st, 19.50hrs (7:50pm), Casablanca

Check out the festival website here.
Full program is viewable here.

Mamachas in Vienna, Austria: Wed. Mar. 23rd, 20hrs

2011-03-23T00:41:00.008-04:00

Mamachas del Ring is screening on Wednesday, March 23rd at 20:00. The festival is featuring Bolivia as the "guest country." Screening will also include cocktails sponsored by the Bolivian embassy, as well as live Bolivian music. Please check it out!
Ort:

Festsaal - VHS Polycollege Margareten, Stöbergasse 11-15 , 1050 Wien

Click here for more programming info.
País invitado

MAMACHAS DEL RING
Bolivia/EEUU, 2009, Dirección: BETTY M PARK
Documental, 75 minutos, versión original en idioma español con subtítulos en inglés.

Coctél cortesía de la EMBAJADA DE BOLIVIA
Música boliviana en vivo

MAMACHAS DEL RIING ist in der bolivianischen Andenregion angesiedelt und handelt von Carmen Rosa, die sich in der Männerdomäne "lucha libre" durchsetzen will. Sie ist auf dem besten Weg, zum Liebling der Massen zu werden, bis ihr Mann ihr ein Ultimatum setzt: sie muss zwischen der Karriere und der Familie wählen.

Gedreht wurde MAMACHAS DEL RING von Betty M. Park. Die Regisseurin ist in New York aufgewachsen und hat in Berkeley studiert, bevor sie für verschiedene TV-Sender (u.a. MTV) zu arbeiten anfing. Ihr erster Kurzfilm HAIRWOLF (2004) wurde auf verschiedenen Filmfestivals gezeigt, MAMACHAS DEL RING ist ihr erster Langfilm.

Cinema Salem, Best of Salem Film Fest

2011-02-14T12:27:00.000-05:00

It's not too late to check out Mamachas del Ring at Cinema Salem, Best of the Salem Film Festival. Now through Thursday, screening times & link to buy tickets below.

Mamachas del Ring @ Cinema Salem

Mon, Feb 14 - Thu, Feb 17
(5:00), 7:45

Cinema Salem
(978) 744-1400
One East India Square
Salem, MA 01970 · D

(Thanks for the photo, JC!)

Cinema Salem, Salem Film Fest Redux

2011-02-09T19:05:00.001-05:00

Dear Massachussetts,

If you're in the Salem area, please check out special screenings of Mamachas del Ring at Cinema Salem, from February 11-17th.

For screening info and tickets, see below or click here.

Cinema Salem
(978) 744-1400
One East India Square
Salem, MA 01970 · D irections

Fri, Feb 11
(5:00), 7:45, 9:20

Sat, Feb 12
(12:30), (3:00), (5:00),7:45, 9:30

Sun, Feb 13
(12:30), (3:00), (5:00),7:45

Mon, Feb 14 - Thu, Feb 17
(5:00), 7:45

San Antonio, Texas

2011-02-02T17:21:00.000-05:00

Mamachas screens at CineFestival 2011, in San Antonio Texas.

Sunday, Feb. 6th, 12:30pm

Click here for tickets and more information.

Noticias de Bizkaia

2011-01-10T12:45:00.000-05:00

Aqui...

Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano

2010-11-20T19:18:00.001-05:00

Mamachas del Ring sera en el festival de la Habana, 2-12 diciembre!

Sección oficial aqui...

GritTV with Laura Flanders features Mamachas del Ring

2010-10-29T16:55:00.000-04:00

click for the link!

On Jezebel!

2010-09-21T16:57:00.000-04:00

scratchpiklz03:35 PM

this is too much awesome for me to bear.... I will be counting every nano-second until I have experienced this film.

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Yenita03:31 PM

I am more excited about this trailer than any I've seen in a year. At the end, when the luchadora says she can't choose between the wrestling and her family... I looked down to see I was literally gripping the edge of my desk.

Side question: Does anyone know the history behind the amazing bowler-style hats?

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DuckyChan03:22 PM

The woman who jumped on the guy who said she had sold herself like a prostitute?

My hero.

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Oakland Underground Film Festival

2010-09-21T09:49:00.000-04:00

Mamachas del Ring
Saturday, 9/25, 8pm
Linden Street Brewery
95 Linden St.
Oakland, CA 94607
Tickets

Hello, Bay Area! Oakland Underground Film Festival, Sat Sept 25th, 8pm

2010-09-07T17:29:00.000-04:00

Oakland Underground Film Festival
Saturday, Sept 25th, 8pm
Linden Street Brewery
95 Linden St.
Oakland, CA 94607
Tickets!

Carmen Rosa took Manhattan

2010-08-08T22:59:00.000-04:00

Carmen Rosa visited NY for the the HBO New York International Latino Film Festival, and it was a blast!

Stay tuned for more posts about her visit (highlights include an NY1Noticias interview, Carmen Rosa on Telemundo's Acceso Total with Pedro Luis Garcia, a trip to Madame Tussaud's wax museum, and Carmen's reaction to seeing the documentary for the first time).

Check out photos from her journey here through twitter, or here on facebook. Better yet, become her facebook friend!

Waiting, waiting....

2010-07-26T22:04:00.000-04:00

Carmen Rosa arrives tonight! Her flight is delayed 3 hrs so we're waiting....waiting... But once she's here, keep up with her adventures in NY on twitter @mamachasdelring !

Mamachas del Ring screens this week at the HBO New York International Latino Film Festival:

*HBO NY LATINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Thu, Jul 29, 6:00 PM, SVA Theater Screen 2

333 W. 23rd Street (btwn 7th and 8th Ave)

Sat, Jul 31, 12:00 PM, Clearview Cinemas Chelsea Screen 8

260 West 23rd street (btwn 7th and 8th Ave)

*92Y TRIBECA, Outsider Sports Series

Thu, Aug 5, 7:30pm, 92Y Tribeca

200 Hudson Street (btwn Vestry & Desbrosses, just below Canal)

Mamachas in New York, Carmen Rosa Appearing in Person!!!!

2010-07-03T12:05:00.010-04:00

We are thrilled to announce that Carmen Rosa la Campeona will be appearing in NY in person! Mamachas del Ring is coming to NY at the end of July for screenings at the HBO NY Int'l Latino Film Festival and at the 92Y Tribeca, and Carmen Rosa will be at the Q&A's following the screening.

*HBO NY LATINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Thu, Jul 29, 6:00 PM, SVA Theater Screen 2
333 W. 23rd Street (btwn 7th and 8th Ave)

Sat, Jul 31, 12:00 PM, Clearview Cinemas Chelsea Screen 8

260 West 23rd street (btwn 7th and 8th Ave)

*92Y TRIBECA, Outsider Sports Series

Thu, Aug 5, 7:30pm, 92Y Tribeca

200 Hudson Street (btwn Vestry & Desbrosses, just below Canal)

La Repubblica XL, June 2010

2010-06-01T12:58:00.002-04:00

LA Asian Pacific Film Festival: May 5th, 7pm

2010-04-06T23:35:00.004-04:00

LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL
DATE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 5
TIME: 7:00 PM
VENUE: NCPD
BUY TICKETS

Arizona Film Festival: April 23th, 6pm

2010-04-06T23:30:00.002-04:00

Arizona Film Festival

Friday, April 23, 6PM

The Screening Room

127 East Congress

April 17 & 19th: Chicago Latino Film Fest!

2010-04-06T23:13:00.000-04:00

Chicago Latino Film Festival
WHEN:
Saturday, April 17th at 7:30pm
Monday, April 19th at 8:45pm

WHERE:
Landmark Century Theatre
2828 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60657
Venue Website

In Bruges

2010-03-07T11:06:00.001-05:00

If you're in Bruges this week, here's your chance to check out Mamachas del Ring at the Cinema Novo Festival.
Friday, 12 Mar, 20:00 Lumiere
Sat, 13 Mar, 15:00, Liberty
Fridya, 19 Mar, 17:30 Liberty

Salem Film Fest Blog: Mamachas del Ring

2010-02-28T02:18:00.001-05:00

Director Q&A with the Salem Film Fest folks posted here.

Mamachas at the Salem Film Fest Feb 27th & Mar 1

2010-02-25T00:02:00.002-05:00

Look out for tweets about witches, Les Blank, and wrestling Bolivian women.
Or follow it on facebook

MAIN THEATER

[buy ticket] Sat, Feb 27- 11:00 am

SCREENING ROOM

[buy ticket] Sat, Feb 27- 1:15 pm

[buy ticket] Mon, Mar 1- 5:00 pm

Vanity Fair, Italia

2010-01-29T23:49:00.006-05:00

Also from the archives--Vanity Fair Italy. Next to Terry Gilliam, across the page from Jason Reitman and Milos Forman. Needless to say, flattered to be included in the mix.

Getty-Love

2010-01-29T23:00:00.001-05:00

From the archives, pics on the wires:

Rome fest red carpet 1
Rome fest red carpet 2

Slamdance 2010 (I've seen better days, like ones where my eyes were actually fully open)

Slamdance TV interview

2010-01-29T15:47:00.000-05:00

Thank you, Slamdance TV, for editing me into at least a semi-intelligible human being. I know what you were up against!

BMP does SLC Q&A

2010-01-25T11:39:00.003-05:00

Posted today in the Salt Lake Tribune, check it out!
(Published in SLC print version Wed, 1/28/2010)

Slamdance!

2010-01-23T19:11:00.000-05:00

First screening of Mamachas tonight at the Treasure Mountain Inn, top of Main Street, 10:30pm.

Variety mentions Mamachas as a doc to look out for at Slamdance!

2010-01-20T20:27:00.001-05:00

In the midst of the last of my very last preparations for Slamdance before I hop on a flight tomorrow AM (and somehow they don't all seem to feel like they are as "last-ish" as they should be, but I digress...) this came in on the google:

"The documentary section, where "King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters" unspooled, has already generated interest: Anticipation is swirling around Yony Leyser's "William Burroughs: A Man Within," and Baxter singles out "Mamachas del Ring," which examines the lives of Bolivian female wrestlers."

Thank you PB for the shout out!

Telegraph 21 features Mamachas del Ring

2010-01-20T10:31:00.001-05:00

Telegraph21.com, a great new site focusing on documentaries, spotlights Mamachas del Ring today. I'm honored to be in such great company, as the docs they've chosen are all captivating (Crude, P-Star Rising, Garbage Dreams are among the recent features).

Check out the feature, become a T21 facebook fan, and follow them on twitter-- (Can you tell I'm rooting for them?)

Thanks to Kenneth Turan, LA Times film critic, for the shout out...

2010-01-19T19:24:00.000-05:00

In an article that focuses on the state of the Sundance Film Festival, KT shouts out Mamachas as a doc to look for in the Slamdance fest.

"Not in Sundance at all but playing at the rival Slamdance Film Festival is "Mamachas del Ring," a bittersweet excursion to the world of Carmen Rosa, a feisty Aymara Indian professional wrestler from Bolivia who enters the ring in full skirts and petticoats but finds that her toughest battles are against society and her husband."

Slamdance Schedule is up on the Internets

2009-12-30T01:43:00.000-05:00

Check out the full Slamdance schedule here. Or hit up the Mamachas page directly here.

SLAMDANCE SCREENING TIMES ARE IN!

2009-12-19T07:44:00.002-05:00

Mamachas del Ring @ Slamdance
Treasure Mountain Inn (top of hill)
*Saturday, 1/23/10 - 10:30 pm, Gallery Screening Room
*Monday, 1/25/10 - 10:00 pm, Main Screening Room
Tuesday, 1/26/10 - 12:30 pm, Main Screening Room

Say it loud, and say it proud, dear fans!

(i.e. facebook and twitter are great ways to spread the word...)

*Please note the change in screening times
Also check out Zeus Quijano Jr.’s short film, POINT OF ENTRY which will be screening before Mamachas:
www.pointofentrymovie.com
Become a POE facebook fan

Individual Tickets
Individual screening and event tickets are available for online purchase from January 1. 2010 - January 15, 2010. All feature screenings are $11.00, $9.00 for Utah Residents (discount not available online). Shorts blocks are $6.00. Slamdance Opening Party tickets (January 22, 2010) are $25.00. Online pre-order tickets only account for a portion of the available tickets. The remainder will be on sale starting January 21, 2010 at 9:00am in the Slamdance Festival Box Office at Treasure Mountain Inn.

For more information on Slamdance 2010 festival passes and tickets, click HERE

TCM: La Infiltrada on Mamachas del Ring

2009-12-11T13:18:00.001-05:00

Interview on La Latina (em portugues, coming soon en español...)

2009-12-11T13:14:00.002-05:00

18 films from 5,000 submissions

2009-12-09T23:39:00.000-05:00

Variety lists the full competitive lineup here

SLAMDANCE!

2009-12-09T23:31:00.000-05:00

Psyched to announce that Mamachas del Ring will be screening at Slamdance 2010! Stay tuned for screening times, and tweet and status update away, please! You never know who you know who might going out to Park City to catch the festivals or take advantage of the abandoned slopes (or to see a random documentary about wrestling Bolivian women?).

If you'll be out there and want to meet up, drop me a line through any of these fancy schmancy 3.0 pigeon carriers:

facebook
twitter
the old fashioned way

For more info on the fest, check it here.

Ciao, Pescara!

2009-12-07T17:26:00.000-05:00

Mamachas will be screening in Pescara as part of a special program co-hosted by the Rome Film Festival. For all my Italian friends, please tell your friends in Pescara to check it out!

Il Grande Cinema ê a Pescara
(con il Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma 2009)
CINEMA S.ANDREA Piazza Sant'Andrea, 7 – Pescara
Thursday, December 10, 2009
7:00pm - 8:15pm

What, you haven't already?

2009-12-07T13:23:00.000-05:00

Shocking!

Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/Mamachasdelring

and become a facebook fan: I want to be a fan of Mamachas on facebook!

El Diario, NY

2009-11-16T09:33:00.000-05:00

El Diario, Buena Gente

Mamachas screening in Bologna, Italy

2009-11-11T09:37:00.002-05:00

Domenica 15 novembre, ore 22.45, Cinema Lumière
MAMACHAS OF THE RING (Bolivia/2009) di Betty M. Park (75’)
Sulle pendici delle Ande, un gruppo di donne organizza un campionato femminile di lucha libre – l’equivalente del wrestling americano – scontrandosi con i pregiudizi del paese. Una storia di riscatto femminile integrata con coloratissime animazioni.

Versione originale sottotitoli italiani

In case you missed it in Rome, check out Mamachas at the Cineteca di Bologna this Sunday, November 15th, at 22.45.
Cinema Lumière - Sala Officinema/Mastroianni

via Azzo Gardino, 65

Numero posti: 174
Aria Condizionata
Accesso e servizi per disabili
Tel. 051 219531

Mamachas takes Manhattan

2009-11-10T11:33:00.003-05:00

Margaret Mead NY screening this Friday!Get yer tix while you still can...

Friday, November 13th, 2009, 9:15pm
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West @ 79th street

*Join us for the after-party directly after the Q&A session:

Momoya Restaurant
427 Amsterdam Ave, btwn 80th & 81st
212.580.0007
www.themomoya.com

Roma: Libero-news Magazine

2009-10-29T09:48:00.003-04:00

"80 minutes of wrestling and fighting for freedom, an eye that knows how to subvert the common perspective by showing us a universe of blood and theatrical agility, uncomfortable clothes and strong women. The stuff of envy for Aronofsky and Rourke. "

-Boris Sollazzo, 'Liberation', 22 October 2009

Roma: Libero-news.it

2009-10-29T09:39:00.000-04:00

http://www.libero-news.it/adnkronos/view/206537

Roma: Il Sole 24 Ore.com,

2009-10-29T09:24:00.000-04:00

"But to knock out the festival, the irresistible Mamachas del Ring, yet another pearl of the Extra section--a story of sisterhood and struggle. Free in all senses."

Roma: Metronews, "Mamachas del Ring, La 'Chicca' di Roma"

2009-10-29T08:43:00.001-04:00

"One of the best films of the Rome Film Festival is Mamachas del Ring, a documentary directed by New Yorker Betty M Park." - Metronews

Brazil: 25 Oct 09 JB Online article on Mamachas

2009-10-26T23:02:00.001-04:00

This article is based on an interview I did during the Montreal World Film Festival, with Brazilian journalist Daniel Schenker.

Check it: JB Online, Oct. 25, 2009

Rome: Close-Up Tv interview by the fabulous Carlo Dutto

2009-10-23T16:47:00.002-04:00

http://www.close-up.it/spip.php?article5424

Rome: Day 1

2009-10-17T08:44:00.000-04:00

Made it to the airport just in time to board the plane, and conked out shortly thereafter. When I awoke, I thought we might be in Rome. But actually, we were still on the runway waiting to take off.

Except for that minor delay, things have gone swell. I met some of the festival staff and they are truly, wonderful people...and the venue is amazingly beautiful, just like the city.

If you're around the internets on Monday, 19 Oct @ 10am (Rome time), check out a live feed of "meet American Independent Filmmakers" hosted by the US Embassy Rome.

Live feed to American Independent Filmmakers: featuring Betty M Park, Michael Sládek, & Suzi Yoonessi

The event will be also visible on Facebook

Roma

2009-10-17T08:00:00.000-04:00

cinematografo.it

Indiewire

2009-10-14T10:25:00.003-04:00

check it

Reitman, Ivory, Hallstrom and New Moon Head To Rome Fest

2009-10-07T19:05:00.002-04:00

Reitman, Ivory, Hallstrï¿½m and 'New Moon' Head To Rome Fest

Shared via AddThis

The countdown...

2009-10-07T00:20:00.001-04:00

4 more working days until the end of this series,
6 more days until I find out exactly how traumatic my wisdom teeth extraction will be,
9 more days until I'm off to Rome,
10 days until the beginning of the Uruguayan film series at BAM, which I will miss but you definitely shouldn't. Check it out:
Go Uruguay! (no really, that's the title)

Brush up on your Italian?

2009-10-07T00:13:00.000-04:00

http://mariosesti.tumblr.com/
http://www.vivelohoy.com/entretenimiento/cine/vvl2-14255752sep25,0,4213963.story

Or maybe your Spanish:
http://www.terra.com/ocio/articulo/html/oci710875.htm
http://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=377469
http://latino.msn.com/noticias/articles/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=21908854

Ciao!

2009-10-06T22:47:00.002-04:00

More blove from an Italian blog, film.35mm.it, about the upcoming Int'l. Rome Film Festival:

"On the slopes of the Bolivian Andes, an indomitable group of local women who organize a women's league of "lucha libre" (the equivalent of U.S. wrestling) are met with suspicion and prejudice throughout the country. Before long, however, they become the darlings of the public and find themselves facing the most difficult battle against the jealousy and greed of those who want to exploit their winning image. The unbridled visual talent of the director Betty M. Park incorporates stop-motion animation with a story of female redemption in vivid colors, in which the dignity and tradition, the document and the caricature, join forces against all abuses."

- film.35mm.it

(Please excuse the rough and tough google translation, and find the more eloquent version in Italian here)

Margaret Mead Fest tix are online

2009-10-06T19:56:00.001-04:00

Friday, November 13th, 2009, 9:15pm
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West @ 79th street

Get 'em while you can

Bloglove, blove?

2009-10-06T17:51:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the shout outs, Yonderpaw and Homunculus!