Film News: Female Lead Mexican Wrestling Films Showcase at Chicago’s Music Box on Sept. 8, 2022

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CHICAGO – Get out your Lucha Libre Mexican Wrestling masks, a special film double feature is being presented by The National Museum of Mexican Art at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre. “The Bat-Woman” (1968) and “The Panther Women” (1967) have both had a 4K Restoration, score tickets and details by clicking FEMALE LUCHA LIBRE.

The double feature is hosted by Chicago Film programmer Raul Benitez and Viviana Garcia-Besne of the Permanencia Voluntaria Archivo Cinematográfico … whose family produced these films and that she restored from the original negatives. “The Bat-Woman” (La Mujer Murcielago) involves a sexy masked crime fighter who battles a mad scientist harvesting the glands of wrestlers and “The Panther Women (Las Mujeres Panteras) has wrestlers taking on female Satan worshipers. Both films are in Spanish with English subtitles.

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’The Bat-Woman’ and ‘The Panther Women’ Double Feature
Photo credit: MusicBox.com

The Trailer for “The Bat-Woman”…

The Trailer for “The Panther Women”…

The National Museum of Mexican Art presents ”The Bat-Woman” and “The Panther Women” at the Music Box Theatre (3733 North Southport Avenue, Chicago) on September 8th, 2022 (7;30pm). Wrestling masks optional.

HollywoodChicago.com senior staff writer Patrick McDonald

By PATRICK McDONALD
Editor and Film Writer
HollywoodChicago.com
pat@hollywoodchicago.com

© 2022 Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com

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