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Directed by Karyn Kusama • 2000 • United States. Starring Michelle Rodriguez, Jaime Tirelli, Paul Calderon. Bullied by her father at home and feeling adrift at school, Diana Guzman (Michelle Rodriguez) finds refuge in an unexpected pocket of her native Brooklyn—a timeworn boxing gym, where she learns to channel her strength, discovers a ...
Girlfight is a 2000 American sports drama film written and directed by Karyn Kusama in her feature directorial debut, and stars Michelle Rodriguez in her first film role. The film follows Diana Guzman, a troubled Brooklyn high school student who decides to channel her aggression by training to become a boxer, despite the disapproval of both her father and her prospective trainers, as well as ...
May 26, 2024 · Girlfight is coming to the Criterion Collection on May 28, with a brand-new 4K digital restoration supervised by Kusama, new interviews and commentary from the director, and a slick new cover by ...
May 28, 2024 · Girlfight does not try to answer these questions, but it does show us what it looks like when women reject the scant offerings they have been handed and take what they know to be theirs. When researching this essay, I was fascinated by how many texts and reviews came back to that opening sequence of shots of Diana: its distinctive verve and menace.
May 23, 2024 · Director Karyn Kusama talks about casting Michelle Rodriguez in her first role and why it was important that her debut film be beautiful in spite of its rough world. On January 22, 2000, writer ...
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May 23, 2024 · Girlfight premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2000, where it won a Grand Jury Prize and Kusama took home a Directing Award. The film launched Rodriguez to movie starm (she followed up Girlfight with 2001's The Fast and the Furious), while Kusama's would go on to helm acclaimed films like Jennifer's Body and Destroyer.
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May 28, 2024 · Girlfight premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2000 where it won the Grand Jury Prize and Directing Award. It ultimately made $1.6 million worldwide on a $1 million budget.
