REVIEW: Brooklyn Girls Fight Club [2013]

“She got those quick hands” Although it’s called Brooklyn Girls Fight Club and depicts more than a couple violent examples of those bare-knuckled brawls happening in undisclosed locales, producer Curvel Baptiste and director Courtney Carreras‘ documentary is really about life in Brownsville. A low-income neighborhood of east Brooklyn, this stretch of land is a hotbed for fights, shootings, and gang activity. While the men have gravitated to gunplay, however, the women still enjoy “poppin’ off” with their fists to earn credibility and glory in the streets. The underground fight club…

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