Luz Garcia, a high school senior in a forgotten Texas town, wants something different than the options awaiting her after graduation. She's earned a ticket out with admission to the University of Texas at Austin, but she can't afford to go. Her one shot is a scholarship for winning the State Powerlifting Championship. It's all or nothing for Luz . . . until nothing stares her in the face.
Acting
Corina Calderon's physical transformation and exhausted hope.
Direction
Amy Wendel's unflinching gaze at working-class Texas.
Director
Amy Wendel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Corina Calderon trained with actual powerlifters for six months; those are real competition weights.
The film's original title 'Benavides Born' references the town's oil-boom collapse—Luz's struggle mirrors its economic ghost.
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