Back to Show
Watch Preview
Independent Lens
T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold
Season 17
Episode 20
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.
Support Provided By
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:22:50
A Venezuelan youth orchestra tests the power of music amidst poverty and politics.
Unlock with PBS Passport
54:08
The rich culinary tradition of soul food and its relevance to black cultural identity.