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    Bending Steel

    Poster of the movie Bending Steel
    2013     Documentary    
    USA
    1h 32min

    Faced with unsupportive parents and nonexistent friends, Chris finds acceptance and kinship among the strongmen of Coney Island, whose art is a living window into an earlier, turn-of-the-century era. As he prepares for his first public show, Chris struggles to overcome physical limitations, crippling social anxiety -- and an unyielding two-inch bar of steel becomes a symbol of everything that's held him back in life. This is a deeply empathetic, awe-inspiring film, one rich with subtle details that linger long in the memory, like the unforgettable sound of steel actually bending in Chris's hands as he trains in his apartment building's dingy basement.

    Directed byDave Carroll

    Featuring

    Chris 'Wonder' Schoeck

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