Director: Amy Wendel
Cast: Corina Calderon, Jeremy Ray Valdez and Joseph Julian Soria
Feature, 2011, [USA], English and Spanish, 91 minutes
Screening: Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, 1PM
Julius Held Auditorium, 304 Barnard Hall
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Director Amy Wendel will join the audience for a Q and A session following the film.
Synopsis: In Benavides, Texas, petite girls can deadlift 280 pounds, military recruiters roam high school halls, and a patriotic Mexican-American community that has been there since before it was Texas struggles with a collapsing economy. Luz Garcia, a high school senior in this forgotten town, wants something different than the options awaiting her after graduation. She’s earned a ticket out with admission to the University of Texas at Austin, but she can’t afford to go. Her one shot is a scholarship for winning the State Powerlifting Championship.
