Salma the Boxer (Al Jazeera English)

Credits

Director: Leah Borromeo
Production Company: Disobedient Films
Length: 30 Minutes

About

Observational documentary about the Belgian daughter of Moroccan parents who wants to become a boxing champion. She trains in the Molenbeek neighbourhood gym where one of the 2017 Paris attackers was a boxer, and consequently her community is accused of being a hotbed of Jihadi terrorism. But to her it is simply home, family.