"Wonder Woman" is one of the biggest movies of not only the summer of 2017, but the whole year. The blockbuster superhero movie starring Gal Gadot in the title role has raked in more than $800 million at the worldwide box office and is now available on home video.
I've been a "Wonder Woman" fan ever since I was a kid in the '70s and the popular television show with Lynda Carter was all the rage. If you're a "Wonder Woman" fan like me and you're interested in a real story about female empowerment, see the forthcoming documentary "Lady Wrestler," which I wrote and directed.
Like "Wonder Woman," "Lady Wrestler" centers on the story of women who are thrust into a male-dominated world where they must overcome challenges, defeat opponents and show incredible strength and courage.
Like Diana Prince in "Wonder Woman," lady wrestlers like
Ethel Johnson, Babs Wingo, Marva Scott and Ramona Isbell were naïve young women who became unlikely "warriors." Like Diana leaving her sheltered island home Themyscira to embark on adventures in the larger world, the lady wrestlers ventured beyond their sheltered small town of Columbus, Ohio, in the 1950s and '60s. The women competed in matches internationally, from Japan to Latin America to Australia.
And like Diana Prince in "Wonder Woman," the lady wrestlers had dual identities. The women led conventional family lives outside of the ring and sometimes didn't even telling those closest to them about their dangerous line of work, so as not to worry them.
For more information about "Lady Wrestler" and when the documentary will officially be released, visit Ladywrestlermovie.com.
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