WINNING GIRL, film on Cadet World Wrestling Champ Teshya Alo, premieres Tuesday on WORLD Channel
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Clear your schedules (or set your DVRs now)! The television broadcast premiere of WINNING GIRL is tomorrow, Tuesday, May 12 at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central) on the WORLD Channel's documentary series America ReFramed.
Please share news of the broadcast on social media and tell your family and friends to tune in to see Teshya Alo's amazing story!
Alo is a world-class freestyle wrestler and a top judo athlete. She was a 2014 UWW Cadet World champion for the United States in wrestling, as well as a 2013 UWW Cadet World bronze medalist. She was fourth in the 2015 U.S. Senior Open this past weekend, and boasts Junior and Cadet National titles in wrestling.
There is footage in the film from the Body Bar Women’s Nationals the last few years, where the film creators were given access to that USA Wrestling event.
Alo is expected to compete at the 2015 Body Bar Women’s Nationals in Irving, Texas this weekend, trying out for the UWW Junior World Team.
FROM THE MOVIE PRESS MATERIALS
Teshya Alo is 16 years old and weighs 125 pounds. But on the judo and wrestling mats, she throws women twice her age and many pounds heavier. And she beats boys. Now she has her sights set on taking gold at both the judo and wrestling world championships. If she does, she'd be the first and youngest athlete ever to win world championships in two different sports in the same year. But it won't be easy.
Teshya lives in Hawai'i and the cost to travel to mainland tournaments drains her family's resources. She's a student at Kamehameha Schools and she's going through puberty. Winning Girl follows the four-year journey of this part-Polynesian teenage judo and wrestling phenomenon from Hawai'i, and in doing so tells the dynamic story of an elite athlete on her ascent, a girl facing the challenges of growing up, and an entire family dedicated to a single dream.
Get a sneak peek right now and hear about the inspiration behind the film with this exclusive America ReFramed interview with director Kimberlee Bassford.
EXTENDED VIDEO: Sneak Peak at Winning Girl with director Kimberlee Bassford.
TRAILER: Winning Girl on America ReFramed
Please share news of the broadcast on social media and tell your family and friends to tune in to see Teshya Alo's amazing story!
Alo is a world-class freestyle wrestler and a top judo athlete. She was a 2014 UWW Cadet World champion for the United States in wrestling, as well as a 2013 UWW Cadet World bronze medalist. She was fourth in the 2015 U.S. Senior Open this past weekend, and boasts Junior and Cadet National titles in wrestling.
There is footage in the film from the Body Bar Women’s Nationals the last few years, where the film creators were given access to that USA Wrestling event.
Alo is expected to compete at the 2015 Body Bar Women’s Nationals in Irving, Texas this weekend, trying out for the UWW Junior World Team.
FROM THE MOVIE PRESS MATERIALS
Teshya Alo is 16 years old and weighs 125 pounds. But on the judo and wrestling mats, she throws women twice her age and many pounds heavier. And she beats boys. Now she has her sights set on taking gold at both the judo and wrestling world championships. If she does, she'd be the first and youngest athlete ever to win world championships in two different sports in the same year. But it won't be easy.
Teshya lives in Hawai'i and the cost to travel to mainland tournaments drains her family's resources. She's a student at Kamehameha Schools and she's going through puberty. Winning Girl follows the four-year journey of this part-Polynesian teenage judo and wrestling phenomenon from Hawai'i, and in doing so tells the dynamic story of an elite athlete on her ascent, a girl facing the challenges of growing up, and an entire family dedicated to a single dream.
Get a sneak peek right now and hear about the inspiration behind the film with this exclusive America ReFramed interview with director Kimberlee Bassford.
EXTENDED VIDEO: Sneak Peak at Winning Girl with director Kimberlee Bassford.
TRAILER: Winning Girl on America ReFramed
