Irma is an intimate portrait of Irma Gonzalez: the former world champion of women’s professional wrestling who is also a Mexican folkloric singer. Now in her golden years, Ms. Gonzalez’s story is woven of love and deceit, weeping and singing, feminine charms, masculine strength, and an extraordinary sense of humor.

filmed and edited by Charles Fairbanks
starring Irma Gonzalez
Puro Mandilón written and performed by Irma Gonzalez

Irma is part of a thesis exhibition, Flexing Muscles, in Hamtramck. 

About The Artist

Charles Fairbanks (MFA ‘10)