{"id":4546,"date":"2012-05-29T18:56:15","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T18:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/strong-to-have-special-screening\/"},"modified":"2012-05-29T18:56:15","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T18:56:15","slug":"strong-to-have-special-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/strong-to-have-special-screening","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Strong!&#8221; to Have Special Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a partnership with the Long Beach Public Library, MusicUNTOLD, and everyone here at the Long Beach Post, we are proud to present a special community cinema screening of the documentary&nbsp;<em>Strong!<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The film will screen tonight at 6:00pm at the Long Beach Public Library, Main Library Auditorium located at 101 Pacific Avenue.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_GnIP7-m63A\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Strong!<\/em> is one of those pieces of art that seamlessly melds determination and doubt, success and self-image. It follows Cheryl Haworth, an Olympian heavyweight lifter who was the bronze medalist in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Following a devastating elbow injury, the film continues to follow her all the way to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>She, of course, defies categories. An artist. An athlete. And a talent that makes her one of the &#8212; if not THE &#8212; top American weightlifter, exceeding both men and women. But her awkward body &#8212; five-foot-eight with some 300 pounds of muscle &#8212; puts her on the fringe with regards to the normal, everyday life activities that many of us take for granted.<\/p>\n<p>The question that is the epicenter of the film &#8212; Is this worth it? &#8212; takes on multiple facets as we watch Cheryl&#8217;s tale unfold.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-17308\" src=\"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/picture-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"290\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a partnership with the Long Beach Public Library, MusicUNTOLD, and everyone here at the Long Beach Post, we are proud to present a special community cinema screening of the documentary <em>Strong!<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":69661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4546"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=4546"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}