Fuse Media is looking for a one-two punch for its newly acquired trans boxing documentary Unfightable, with a limited theatrical release in September ahead of a TV premiere on ViX and Fuse later this year.
The film from Emmy-winning director and producer Marc J. Perez (Severe Clear, Anytown USA) and La Jaula Studios follows Alana McLaughlin, a U.S. Army Special Forces sergeant and transgender athlete, fighting for control of her life and her narrative while competing as a professional MMA fighter.
Latino-owned Fuse Media, which acquired the rights to Unfightable, unveiled its latest acquisition and first theatrical release amid a boxing gender testing controversy at the Paris Summer Olympics around the participation of Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting in the women’s competition.
“Alana McLaughlin’s story reflects Fuse Media’s true mission: celebrating diversity and inclusion, and vocally supporting and confirming any individual’s understanding of their true identity,” Miguel Roggero, chairman and CEO of Fuse Media, said in a statement.
Perez began following McLaughlin’s journey in 2021 as she trained for her professional MMA fight debut while enduring social discrimination and inequality as a transgender athlete.
“We are proud to celebrate the trans community by sharing this important documentary as we continue to push the boundaries of the types of stories we tell on an ever-growing number of platforms, including linear, streaming, FAST and now theatrical,” Roggero added.
Unfightable will have a one-week run in New York from Sept. 13 at the Village East Theater, followed by a week-long run in Los Angeles at Laemmle Noho 7.
