Review: When life punches Yuma, she punches right back
In La Yuma, the first feature film shot and produced in Nicaragua in 20 years, 18-year-old Yuma (Alma Blanco) discovers boxing as a gateway from her impoverished home life and crime-ridden neighborhood. Yuma is taciturn and wary to a fault.. She’s so guarded that when Ernesto (Gabriel Benavides), a journalism student, expresses a romantic interest in her, she rebuffs him coldly.
This story was originally published November 18, 2010 at 5:11 AM.