
Legendary(2010)
A book-smart teenager joins his school's wrestling team as a way to reunite his surviving family members, who split apart after the death of his father, a college wrestling legend, 10 years ago.


“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.

Elvire Emanuelle
Monique

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Darrel

Colman Domingo
Coach Castile

Jharrel Jerome
Omari

Jared Kemp
Malik

Jeanette Branch
Nadege

Jimmy Gary Jr.
Hassan

Kim Ramirez
Lucila
Kamika Desrosiers
Nyasa

Antonio Ortiz
Jorge
First Match is a drama film released in 2018 exploring themes of sports, wrestling, brooklyn, new york city, estranged father, woman director. Directed by Olivia Newman, it stars Elvire Emanuelle, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Colman Domingo. 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.
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