Exclusive: “Carlitos The Terrible” lost an arm as a child, but that hasn’t stopped the young man from pursuing his dream of competing in Muay Thai at the highest levels.
His remarkable story is told in the upcoming documentary Zurdo (Southpaw), one of five nonfiction projects to receive support in the latest round of grants from the Axs Film Fund, an initiative created by Axs Lab to “support documentary filmmakers and non-fiction new media creators of color with disabilities.”
Along with Zurdo, directed by Luis Aguer, the grantees announced today include El Desobediente (The Disobedient One), directed by Rodrigo Dorfman; Prodigal Daughter, directed by Mabel Valdiviezo; Sticker Movie, directed by Will Deloney, and the new media project Lineage Launch Pad, directed by Ann Bennett [see below for more details on each project].
“Axs Film Fund seeks to bring visibility to this underrepresented community of creators by intervening and providing opportunities that they may not otherwise have with mainstream funding structures,...
His remarkable story is told in the upcoming documentary Zurdo (Southpaw), one of five nonfiction projects to receive support in the latest round of grants from the Axs Film Fund, an initiative created by Axs Lab to “support documentary filmmakers and non-fiction new media creators of color with disabilities.”
Along with Zurdo, directed by Luis Aguer, the grantees announced today include El Desobediente (The Disobedient One), directed by Rodrigo Dorfman; Prodigal Daughter, directed by Mabel Valdiviezo; Sticker Movie, directed by Will Deloney, and the new media project Lineage Launch Pad, directed by Ann Bennett [see below for more details on each project].
“Axs Film Fund seeks to bring visibility to this underrepresented community of creators by intervening and providing opportunities that they may not otherwise have with mainstream funding structures,...
- 4/14/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
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