{"id":27230,"date":"2024-11-13T14:36:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T19:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=27230"},"modified":"2024-11-13T14:36:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T19:36:23","slug":"the-fire-inside-featurette-introducing-claressa-t-rex-shields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=27230","title":{"rendered":"The Fire Inside Featurette : Introducing Claressa \u201cT-Rex\u201d Shields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\">Amazon has released a new trailer for the boxing biopic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6133444\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\"><strong>The Fire Inside<\/strong><\/a>, written and produced by Academy Award winner <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s=barry+jenkins\">Barry Jenkins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Rachel Morrison, who was cinematographer for<strong> Mudbound<\/strong> and <strong>Black Panther<\/strong>, will direct the feature that brings boxing legend Claressa &#8216;T-Rex&#8217; Shields&#8217; life story to the big screen. Morrison made cinematic history as the first woman ever nominated for the Best Cinematography Oscar. Ryan Destiny, a newcomer to the role of Shields, is paired with Academy Award-nominated actor Brian Tyree Henry as her coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The film synopsis describes \u201cinspirational true story of Claressa Shields (Destiny), arguably the greatest female boxer of all time. Claressa, a high school Junior from Flint, Michigan, aided by her tough-love coach, Jason Crutchfield (Henry), pushes past all limitations to become the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing. But even at the pinnacle of success, Claressa has to reckon with the fact that not all dreams are created equal, and the real fight has only just begun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>The Fire Inside<\/strong> is being released just before the Olympics, as Shields became the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Shields was just 17 years old at that time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The 2015 boxing documentary &#8216;T-REX&#8217;, directed by Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper, included Shields as one of the stars. The 2015 boxing documentary &#8216;T-REX&#8217;, directed by Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper, included Shields as one of the stars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Directed by: <\/b>Rachel Morrison<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Written by:\u00a0<\/b>Barry Jenkins<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Produced by:<\/b>\u00a0Elishia Holmes, p.g.a., Barry Jenkins, p.g.a.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Executive Producers:\u00a0<\/b>Lyn Lucibello Brancatella, Rachel Morrison, Claressa Shields, Drea Cooper, Zackary Canepari, Sue Jaye Johnson<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Cast:\u00a0<\/b>Ryan Destiny, Brian Tyree Henry<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Genre:<\/b>\u00a0Biography, Drama, Sport<\/p>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon has released a new trailer for the boxing biopic The Fire Inside, written and produced by Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins. Rachel Morrison, who was cinematographer for Mudbound and Black Panther, will direct the feature that brings boxing legend Claressa &#8216;T-Rex&#8217; Shields&#8217; life story to the big screen. 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