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The Fire Inside (2024)
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Claressa Shields' boxing talent has to survive the material pressures surrounding a young woman in Flint. The film's strongest move is to ask what an athletic breakthrough can actually change once the cameras leave. Based on Shields' life, it gives training and coaching an emotional purpose while making money and opportunity part of the sporting story.
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About The Fire Inside
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.