We are so happy to finally be able to share these great news with you. We have been working on the documentary about professional boxer Maria Lindberg for six years now – and the premiere of the finished film ”Maria and her shadow” is approaching fast!
Photo: Roger Hansson
About the film
In 1999, Maria suffers an aneurysm in the boxing ring. She recovers miraculously, but when she wants to return to the ring, her true battle begins.
The Swedish Boxing Federation won’t let her fight because of the accident, her mother is reluctant to even hearing Maria talk about boxing, and wherever in the world she travels to fight, it seems like someone is trying to stop her, as if a shadow was following her every step of the way…
The world premiere of “Maria and her shadow” will be held at Doc Lounge (Babel, Spångatan 38 in Malmö) this Tuesday, September 17th. A second screening will be held at the biggest festival for Nordic shorts and docs, Nordisk Panorama, September 21st, also in Malmö. Read about our premiere events here.
We need your help!
This film will be used as a tool to discuss the breaches of personal freedom: but more than that, Maria’s story will also shed a light on the lives of female atheletes, whose status and paycheck has always been lower than their male colleagues.
The film is finished – but we need help to get the film out to a wide audience. That’s why we have set up a donations campaign. With small financial support from our followers – yes, that’s you! – we could print DVD’s and keep up a good marketing campaign. Check out how you can help at our donations page.
Thank you very much in advance!
Spread the word and keep in touch
Another magnificent way you can help us out is to spread the word about the film and our donations campaign. Just copy this link and insert it in your blog, Twitter, Facebook etc. We are very thankful for your help with this.
You can also keep in touch with us by signing up to the ”Maria and her shadow” newsletter here. We will keep you posted about screenings and other news.
Hope to see you soon!
/ WG Film team
