Her fighting chance

Looks as if we have a winner. Beating out more than 300 other women, [Michelle Rodriguez], 22, won the lead in Girlfight, an independent film about a female boxer's athletic and romantic struggles. Girlfight's budget was small ($1 million), but the film is having a big-time impact: it won...

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Published in:Time (Chicago, Ill.) Ill.), 2000-10, Vol.156 (14), p.88
Main Author: Farley, Christopher John
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
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Summary:Looks as if we have a winner. Beating out more than 300 other women, [Michelle Rodriguez], 22, won the lead in Girlfight, an independent film about a female boxer's athletic and romantic struggles. Girlfight's budget was small ($1 million), but the film is having a big-time impact: it won a prize for directing and shared an award for best drama at this year's Sundance Film Festival. And Rodriguez's no-punches-- pulled performance has critics sputtering superlatives like Don King hyping a payper-view fight...
ISSN:0040-781X
2169-1665