Join us for a free screening of WRESTLE, a new documentary by Suzannah Herbert and Lauren Belfer, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers along with New Haven Wrestling head coach Marcello Catapano and Jaylin Houston, 2019 CIAC State Open heavyweight champion.

WRESTLE is an intimate, inspiring, coming-of-age portrait of the wrestling team at a struggling high school in Huntsville, Alabama. As they fight towards the State Championship, wrestlers Jailen, Jamario, Teague, and Jaquan grapple with injustices on and off the mat, while their coach wades into the complexities of class and race in the modern South.

Learn more about the film: wrestlefilm.com

Local Partners: CPTV, the Yale Film Study Center, the Yale African American Affinity Group, and the Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale.

Featuring upcoming documentaries from the Peabody Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens, Indie Lens Pop-Up brings people together for film screenings and community-driven conversations. Indie Lens Pop-up is presented in Connecticut by the Yale Film Study Center, CPTV, and PBS’s Independent Lens.