Masked Mexican wrestling in the USA

Behind the Mask is a short documentary about "two everyday guys who, on the weekends, turn into masked lucha libre wrestlers. From the sport's roots in Mexico, to the backyards of America, lucha libre wrestling is a Latin American tradition alive and evolving in the United States."

It was produced and directed by Tilapia Film, makers of the terrific documentary, Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea.

See all of Tilapia Film's work on Vimeo.

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Anonymous

Some of the guys that do Kaiju Big Battel, have a lucha libre production named chikara.
Anonymous

“is a Latin American tradition”

no, it’s a mexican tradition
Anonymous

we used to go see masked wrestlers on friday nights at an old boxing gym in San Antonio. BYOB and a crowd full of Mexican grandmas and kids. It was totally rad. super low budget. The wrestlers were from Mexico mostly, and the announcer spoke spanish of course. It was, of course, beautifully free of irony.