Girlfight

Infobox Film
name = Girlfight


caption = "Girlfight" poster
director = Karyn Kusama
producer = Caroline Kaplan
John Sayles
Jonathan Sehring
writer = Karyn Kusama
starring = Michelle Rodriguez
Jaime Tirelli
Paul Calderon
Santiago Douglas
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editing =
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released = 22 January, 2000 (Sundance)
runtime = 110 min.
country =
awards = Director's Award and Grand Jury Prize Cannes Film Festival (2000)
language = English / Spanish
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imdb_id = 0210075

Girlfight is a 2000 drama film starring Michelle Rodriguez. It focuses on Diana Guzman, a troubled teen who decides to channel her aggression by training to become a boxer, despite the skepticism of both her abusive father and the prospective trainers in the male-dominated sport. "Girlfight" was the debut film of writer/director Karyn Kusama, as well as Rodriguez's breakout role.

The movie won the Director's Award the Grand Jury Prize (tied with Kenneth Lonergan's, . "You Can Count on Me") at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. It also won the Award of the Youth at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Rodriguez also accumulated numerous awards and nominations, including major acting accolades from the National Board of Review, Deauville Film Festival, Independent Spirit Awards, Gotham Awards, Las Vegas Film Critics Sierra Awards, and many others.

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*imdb title|id=0210075|title=Girlfight
*rotten-tomatoes|id=girlfight|title=Girlfight
*mojo title|id=girlfight|title=Girlfight

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title=
years=2000
tied with "You Can Count on Me"
before="Three Seasons"
after="The Believer"