Claressa Shields, at 17, will be the youngest woman boxer at the Olympics this year – a testament to her skill in the ring. And there’s currently a feature length documentary in the works about here – a testament to her radiant personality.
Drea Cooper, Zackary Canepari, and Sue Johnson set out to make a documentary about female fighters. When they found Shields, they stayed with her – filming all the while. Now, with the Olympics looming and with more and more pieces of the documentary coming into place, the crew has launched a Kickstarter campaign to generate funding to finish the film. The Kickstarter page has much more information about the film and includes some great clips of Shields.
Here, the teaser for T-REX, which takes its name from Shields’ nickname:
Some more press on Shields – NPR has a story on her here; CNN ran an interesting photo spread here; and video by the New York Times is here. Be sure to tune in to see Shields at the Olympics, and then catch the documentary later down the road.
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