Overview
Diana Guzman, a troubled Brooklyn teenager, decides to channel her aggression by training to become a boxer, all while keeping it a secret from her father.
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Awards
Won 3 awards, including the Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award (2000) and the Grand prix du Festival de Deauville (2000)
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Box office
Grossed $1.7M worldwide, about 1.7 times its $1M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in New Jersey
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Setting
Set in Brooklyn
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Music
Music by Gene McDaniels
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Karyn KusamaWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 29, 2000
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1M
- Revenue
- $1.7M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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