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Now Available: WINNING GIRL
“A rousing story of a local Hawaiian girl…WINNING GIRL continues Bassford’s passion for telling cultural stories.”
–LA Asian Pacific Film Festival
In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, WMM brings you WINNING GIRL, directed by award-winning Hawaiian filmmaker Kimberlee Bassford (PATSY MINK: AHEAD OF THE MAJORITY). A recent recipient of the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival’s Special Jury Award, WINNING GIRL is an inspirational film that follows the four-year journey of Teshya Alo, a part-Polynesian, teenage judo and wrestling phenomenon from Hawai’i. Teshya is only 16 years old and 125 pounds, but on the judo and wrestling mats, she dominates women twice her age and pounds heavier! Now Alo has her sights set on taking the Olympic gold at both the judo and wrestling world championships – and in doing so would be the first to accomplish that feat. WINNING GIRL tells the dynamic story of an elite athlete on her ascent, a girl facing the challenges of puberty and growing up with an entire family dedicated to a single dream. A great companion piece to any discussion on Title IX and gender.
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**WINNING GIRL will have its broadcast premiere Tuesday, May 12th on WORLD Channel’s America ReFramed as part of their Asian Pacific Heritage Month programming! For more information, and to check local listings click here.
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SPECIAL OFFER ON RELATED TITLES:
ASIAN & ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDIES
Get any film from from the Asian & Asian-American Studies Collection for 50% off when you purchase WINNING GIRL at full price!* Highlights include the award-winning MULBERRY CHILD, an adaptation to Jian Ping’s book, Mulberry Child: A Memoir of China, about her experiences growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution and THE MOSUO SISTERS about two young women from one of the world’s last remaining matriarchal societies in China.
*Use code WINGIRE15 at checkout to apply your discount. Cannot be combined with any other offer, other exceptions may apply. Only applies to institutional orders. Offer expires July 1, 2015. Does not include 2015 New Releases.
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