Born blind and battling a torn ACL, U.S. judoka Christella Garcia fights by feel, falls to the world No. 1 in Paris, and claws back for bronze—eyes up for the 2028 games in Los Angeles.
1h 4m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
Born totally blind, Christella Garcia fights heavyweight judo by feel—reading opponents through grip, breath, and tremor. Raised wrestling cousins in New Mexico, she found “freedom” on the mat; now in Sacramento she travels to Denver to sharpen under Paralympic legend Scott Moore with coach Heidi…
Director: Daniel L. Bernardi
Writers: Daniel L. Bernardi, Susan Gail Zieff
Editor: Jesse Collier Sutterley