First Match (2018)

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This is HER fight.

Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estranged father.

• Released: 2018-03-12
• Genres: Drama
• Runtime: 1h 34m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.4/10 from 149 votes

Directed by Olivia Newman.

Top cast

• Elvire Emanuelle as Monique
• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Darrel
• Colman Domingo as Coach Castile
• Jharrel Jerome as Omari
• Jared Kemp as Malik
• Jeanette Branch as Nadege
• Jimmy Gary Jr. as Hassan
• Kim Ramirez as Lucila
• Kamika Desrosiers as Nyasa
• Antonio Ortiz as Jorge

Full cast & crew

Where to watch First Match

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• India: stream on Netflix
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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