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Fight Like a Girl

Fight Like a Girl
USA, 2011, 82 minutes
Director: Jill Morley

Filmmaker Jill Morley delves inside the little-known world of female boxers to engage with women who are passionate about fighting hard. Faking her age to qualify, Morley enters this world to train for the Golden Gloves. Fight Like A Girl is about women telling their stories of abuse, trauma, and mental illness, and overcoming their demons through boxing. Filmed over five years, this is the astonishing true story of women who find triumphant healing via what many consider a violent sport.

Preceded by
Bhiwani Junction
USA, 2013, 18 minutes
Director: Abhi Singh

Bhiwani Junction is a portrait of Himanshu, a 12-year-old boy who aspires to win an Olympic boxing medal and trains at India's leading grassroots boxing gym, the Bhiwani Boxing Club. Through his eyes, we experience boxing training that is relentless, sometimes brutal, and marked by a rhythm of its own. Himanshu's dreams provide a glimpse into the dreams of millions of Indians in the lower middle class dreams that are simultaneously grandiose and pragmatic.