News Summary

• Christy, directed by David Michôd and written by Mirrah Foulkes, chronicles her inspiring, often tumultuous life in and outside of the ring.
• The Hollywood star plays famed American boxer Christy Martin, who is credited with putting female boxing on the map in the mid-nineties.
• The film also explores her struggles to hide her homosexuality in a conservative, repressive environment, and relationship with her trainer turned manager-husband Jim Martin (Ben Foster), who becomes increasingly controlling and abusive.