Women with a Mission

Season 1

Women with a Mission is a series of 3 short documentary films. Each film tells a compelling story about a woman with a mission who, under most challenging circumstances, follows her passion and uses sports for change. Official Selection What If - Women in Film Festival 2019. Official Selection Portuguese Surf Film Festival 2018.

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S1 E1 - Jalou
April 29, 2016
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In the documentary film Women with a Mission - Jalou the portrait is sketched of world champion kitesurfing Jalou Langeree who wants to reach for the highest in kitesurfing and who wants to be an inspiration for girls and women to also take part in extreme sports.
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S1 E2 - Sharita
April 29, 2016
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In the documentary film Women with a Mission - Sharita boxing coach Sharita van der Hulst is followed during a course for boxing coaches that she provides in the South African prison Drakenstein Correctional Centre where heavy sentences are served. Sharita has a strong belief in the power of sports, in her case the sport of boxing, to give prisoners a challenge and a goal in their life.
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S1 E3 - Rocky
April 29, 2016
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In the documentary Women with a Mission - Rocky street football legend Roxanne 'Rocky' Hehakaija is followed as she returns to Rio de Janeiro where she worked in the favelas as a coach of the Favela Street Girls. With this girls' football team Rocky won the Street Child World Cup that was also held in Rio de Janeiro. Rocky has a strong bond with the girls for whom she is a real role model.
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