A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story is an upcoming documentary that follows the journey of 58-pound Lizzie Velasquez from cyber-bullying victim to anti-bullying activist. Lizzie was born with a rare syndrome that prevents her from gaining weight, and was labeled “The World’s Ugliest Woman” on a YouTube video (which she stumbled across as a teenager). Comments ranged from “Kill it with fire” to “Why didn’t her parents abort it?” – and sent her reeling into a depression that could have consumed her. Instead, she went on to make multi-million viewed TEDx talk, lobbied Capitol Hill for the first federal anti-bullying bill, and went from victim to hero in the process.
The Sara Hirsh Bordo-directed film premieres at SXSW on March 14th at 11 a.m. at the Paramount Theater.
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