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Studio Portrait / Portrait No. 001

A Violent Soap Opera

Inside the spectacle of independent wrestling, ambition, performance, community, and physical sacrifice collide in the pursuit of becoming heavyweight champion.

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Wrestlers facing each other in the ring

ClientContinental Championship Wrestling

TypeBranded Documentary

DirectorsAlexander Schleich & Joselien Vasallo

EditorAlexander Schleich

ReleasedMay 6, 2026

The Film

A portrait of the people behind the ring.

A Violent Soap Opera follows Continental Championship Wrestling, an independent wrestling organization in Jacksonville, Florida, and explores what it takes to pursue the heavyweight championship.

The film looks beyond the spectacle to the ambition, physicality, performance, community, and commitment that keep wrestlers returning to the ring.

Wrestler on a turnbuckleAudience member cheeringChampionship belts held by a refereeWrestling action outside the ring

Premiere

MOCA Jacksonville
May 6, 2026

The film premiered live during Downtown Jacksonville Art Walk at MOCA Jacksonville.

Group photograph at MOCA JacksonvilleA Violent Soap Opera projected at its premiere

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