Independent Lens

Season 17, Episode 21

Episode Title: T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold

Air Date: 2016-08-02

Overview:

Flint, Michigan’s Claressa "T-Rex" Shields won a Gold Medal in 2012, the first time women were allowed to box in the Olympics. T-Rex is a coming-of-age tale of a girl who learns that in Flint, a gold medal doesn't always make life easier.