Claressa Shields, a high school Junior from Flint, Michigan, aided by her tough-love coach, Jason Crutchfield, pushes past all limitations to become the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing. But even at the pinnacle of success, Claressa has to reckon with the fact that not all dreams are created equal, and the real fight has only just begun.
Director
Rachel Morrison
Writer
Barry Jenkins
Stars
Ryan Destiny -Jazmin Headley -Kylee D. Allen -Brian Tyree Henry -Judy Greer
Director
Rachel Morrison
Writer
Barry Jenkins
Stars
Ryan Destiny -Jazmin Headley -Kylee D. Allen -Brian Tyree Henry -Judy Greer
Category
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Short filmTranscript
00:00You
00:07I'm here to pay my mom's bill. So you're her right? You're the boxer. Yeah golden girl
00:16I'm the girl that caressa came into the gym at night. What do you think about girls boss?
00:22Don't see no reason why she can't she got hands
00:24Hey, mama, talk to you on a bed. I got training in the morning when you win that prize money if you get a home place
00:32just us
00:34Usa boxing hasn't won a gold medal since 2004. Yeah. Well, none of them boxes was caressa wasn't
00:41As long as I'm boxing I'm gonna be okay
00:46Do you want a pass and everything you see out there is just one more thing to get in your way
00:50Oh, what you doing? I think I don't know about what it's like to be 16 hormones all everywhere
00:56Don't nobody want to hear about y'all a nasty hormone. Oh, you don't wanna tell you
01:03Nike so
01:06What's this that good protein at least have some frustration say no French fries
01:13We're gonna China for the qualifiers
01:17London can't nobody beat me
01:21I
01:32Just ain't what I thought it would be all these people getting these endorsements. Meanwhile, I can barely pay my mama rent
01:37Maybe you just take more time. I
01:40Would love to represent for us us just much harder with women athletes
01:44It's not fair, but people expect female athletes to behave a certain way
01:49I won that gold medal by being me. What happened to stand true to who you are
01:54It's way bigger than box and rest so it's gonna be up to you to show who caressa shields really is
02:00If I'm a train for the second gold medal, I'm gonna eat exactly what the man get
02:05Is it the money is it the recognition money is recognition?
02:09This ain't just about me. This is for all the women
02:13Folks round here know that if caressa shields can do it they can't do
02:19Seymour you're 16 years
02:21most people seen in a entire lifetime
02:24Don't want you to take that fine side of you
02:28Turn it in something good
02:32Yo, you represent out there so my we do it in Flint