Community Cinema: Strong!
Bud Werner Memorial Library and Girls To Women present a free screening of the PBS Independent Lens documentary "Strong!"
Cheryl Haworth is a young woman with a big dream: to be the strongest woman in the world. As the 300-pound U.S. Olympic weightlifter prepares for Beijing 2008, she struggles with injury, confidence, and her place in a world where larger women are not readily accepted.
See the award-winning film, then learn more about an outstanding local program that works to empower Northwest Colorado's young women. Girls to Women organizes an annual conference to introduce all eighth grade girls from Routt County, Walden and North Park school districts to a variety of career choices as well as inspire and encourage them to believe that they can achieve their dreams of financial independence and a fulfilling life. This year's conference is May 8.
WATCH THE TRAILER
RUN TIME: 60 min.
ABOUT COMMUNITY CINEMA
Community Cinema is a groundbreaking public education and civic engagement initiative featuring free monthly screenings of films from the Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens. Community Cinema is on location in more than 95 cities nationally, bringing together leading organizations, community members, and public television stations to learn, discuss, and get involved in key social issues of our time.
ABOUT ITVS
The Independent Television Service (ITVS) brings independently-produced, high-quality public broadcast and new media programs to local, national and international audiences. The independent producers who create ITVS programs take creative risks, tackle complex issues and express points of view seldom explored in the mass media. ITVS programs enrich the cultural landscape with the voices and visions of underrepresented communities, and reflect the interests and concerns of a diverse society. www.itvs.org
Made possible by a partnership with Rocky Mountain PBS.