Title from web page. Originally released as a motion picture in 2000. Wide screen. Special features: Audio commentary, Interviews; Theatrical trailer; Essay. Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Calderon, Douglas Santiago, Ray Santiago.
Summary:
Bullied by her father at home and feeling adrift at school, Diana Guzman finds refuge in an unexpected pocket of her native Brooklyn, a timeworn boxing gym, where she learns to channel her strength, discovers a sense of community, and falls for a rival fighter. In Karyn Kusama's raw, understated feature debut, Rodriguez commands the screen with both tightly coiled intensity and deep wells of vulnerability as a young woman hitting back at society's expectations and her own personal demons. Capturing the full emotional weight of Diana's journey and the kinetic thrill of bodies in motion, Kusama crafts a singularly uncompromising story of self-realization.
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