Power Alley (2023) on Netflix
In Brazil, 17-year-old volleyball player Sofia is close to a scholarship when she finds herself pregnant. Abortion is illegal, and a fundamentalist group wants to stop her.
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- Netflix3.4/5
- IMDb6.7/10373 votes
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Plot summary
Sofia, 17, plays volleyball in Brazil and is in line for an athletic scholarship. An unwanted pregnancy arrives just before a championship that would decide her career, and abortion is illegal in her country. Getting an abortion means working around the political and legal limits placed on her. A fundamentalist group learns of her search and is determined to stop her. She is dating one of her teammates, and other players on the squad are LGBTQ, facing their own fights for equality alongside her search for reproductive choice. Neither Sofia nor those close to her intends to give in.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Power Alley (2023)
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- Lillah Halla's feature debut had its initial funding rescinded in a wave of politically-motivated arts cutbacks by Jair Bolsonaro's government, so it was made as an international coproduction between companies in Brazil, France and Uruguay.
- At the 2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma in Canada, the film became the first winner of the Fierté Montréal prize for best LGBTQ-themed film in the festival lineup.
