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Film: “T-Rex” at the Brooklyn Museum

Claressa "T-Rex" Shields. Photo courtesy of Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper July 21, 2016 8:00 p.m. Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor At 17, the unstoppable Claressa "T-Rex" Shields of Flint, Michigan, fought to become the first woman from the United States to win a boxing gold medal at the Olympics. The screening of T-Rex (Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper, 2015, 91 min.) is followed by a conversation with Claressa’s coach, Jason Crutchfield, and Brooklyn-based pro boxer Heather Hardy. Co-presented in partnership with Independent Lens and THIRTEEN, with the Women's Sports Foundation. Part of Thursday Nights hosted by Squarespace.

Claressa “T-Rex” Shields. Photo courtesy of Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper

At 17, the unstoppable Claressa “T-Rex” Shields of Flint, Michigan, fought to become the first woman from the United States to win a boxing gold medal at the Olympics. The screening of T-Rex (Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper, 2015, 91 min.) is followed by a conversation with producer Sue Jay Johnson; Jason Crutchfield, Claressa’s coach; and Brooklyn-based pro boxer Heather Hardy. Co-presented in partnership with Independent Lens and THIRTEEN, with the Women’s Sports Foundation.

Come early and enjoy the exhibition Who Shot Sports: A Photographic History, 1843 to the Present.

Part of Thursday Nights hosted by Squarespace.

Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

Photo caption/credit: Claressa “T-Rex” Shields. Photo courtesy of Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper

 











When: Thu., Jul. 21, 2016 at 7:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway (Washington Ave.)
718-638-5000
Price: Free
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Claressa "T-Rex" Shields. Photo courtesy of Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper July 21, 2016 8:00 p.m. Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor At 17, the unstoppable Claressa "T-Rex" Shields of Flint, Michigan, fought to become the first woman from the United States to win a boxing gold medal at the Olympics. The screening of T-Rex (Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper, 2015, 91 min.) is followed by a conversation with Claressa’s coach, Jason Crutchfield, and Brooklyn-based pro boxer Heather Hardy. Co-presented in partnership with Independent Lens and THIRTEEN, with the Women's Sports Foundation. Part of Thursday Nights hosted by Squarespace.

Claressa “T-Rex” Shields. Photo courtesy of Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper

At 17, the unstoppable Claressa “T-Rex” Shields of Flint, Michigan, fought to become the first woman from the United States to win a boxing gold medal at the Olympics. The screening of T-Rex (Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper, 2015, 91 min.) is followed by a conversation with producer Sue Jay Johnson; Jason Crutchfield, Claressa’s coach; and Brooklyn-based pro boxer Heather Hardy. Co-presented in partnership with Independent Lens and THIRTEEN, with the Women’s Sports Foundation.

Come early and enjoy the exhibition Who Shot Sports: A Photographic History, 1843 to the Present.

Part of Thursday Nights hosted by Squarespace.

Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

Photo caption/credit: Claressa “T-Rex” Shields. Photo courtesy of Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper

 

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