Creative Capital

Description

Strong! is an experimental documentary that follows U.S. Olympic weightlifter Cheryl Haworth as she tries to win the title of strongest woman in the world. The film begins with Haworth’s preparations for the 2004 Olympics in Athens and follows several injuries, comebacks and personal struggles to culminate with her upcoming competition at the 2008 games in Beijing. With Strong!, Wyman is using her subject as a dual metaphor: her size and strength, triumphs and liabilities, express a sense of radical female autonomy as they are similar to America’s perilous entitlement and might.