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The Councilor for Sports of the City of Lorca, Juan Francisco Martínez Carrasco, the basketball director of the Eliocroca AD, Patricia Meira, and the director of LorcaTodoDeporte.es, José David Millán, presented the screening of the documentary "La Niña del Hook "On the figure of the player lorquina of basketball Encarna Hernandez.

The Edil has announced that "on Tuesday, November 22 at 21.30 hours will be projected this very interesting documentary in the Hotel Jardines de Lorca.The activity is part of the 40th anniversary of the Eliocroca Sports Association and has the collaboration of LorcaTodoDeporte.es, Jardines de Lorca, Excacivil, Crushed Ylorci and the Department of Sports itself.The entrance will be open to all interested public and totally free.

'The girl on the hook' tells the story of Encarna Hernández, who is now 99 years old and is one of the pioneers of Spanish women's basketball.

Lorquina settled in Barcelona, ​​in the 30's, during the Second Republic, she became a woman who defied all the canons.

She was a player of clubs such as the Atlas, Layetano, Education and Leisure and Football Club Barcelona, ​​in addition to becoming the first woman in Spain to be a coach.

Her life has been taken to the cinema in this documentary of 70 minutes, under the direction of the director of Barcelona Raquel Barrera through the production company Ochichornia, which during the last three years has shot in Barcelona, ​​Madrid, Prague, and of course , Lorca.

The work presents the life of this pioneer of Spanish basketball, a film that has had the participation of more than two hundred people who have recreated life in Spain in the 30s and 40s, highlighting the participation of the prestigious exjugadora Amaya Valdemoro or The captain of the women's basketball team, Laia Palau.

The Councilor has encouraged "all the lovers of the sport world to contemplate this documentary that tells an example of personal improvement and love and passion for basketball, such as that of Encarna Hernández, the Girl of the Hook. A very complete documentary that pays tribute to this player and does justice to her trajectory as a player and coach and with her character as a pioneer in the world of sports in the 30s and 40s. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca