Trans MMA Doc ‘Unfightable’ Lands at Fuse Media (Exclusive)

Written By Etan Vlessing

Marc J. Perez's film will get a limited theatrical release in September, ahead of a TV premiere on ViX and Fuse later this year, amid controversy at the Paris Olympics over gender identity and regulation in women's boxing.

Alana McLaughlin Fuse Media

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.

Etan Vlessing

Etan Vlessing has worked as a print and digital journalist and editor for 30 years, first in London as a financial reporter. Returning to Canada, he worked for the Financial Times of Canada and then as an entertainment journalist for Playback before joining The Hollywood Reporter as Canadian Bureau Chief. He graduated from the University of British Columbia and completed a masters degree in journalism at the City University in the UK. For THR, he covers the film, TV and digital sectors in Canada, based in Toronto, and contributes to the film and business sections.

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