'The Fire Inside': Ryan Destiny gets her star-making moment as PFL, boxing standout Claressa Shields

(This story first appeared in the Detroit Free Press and USA TODAY.)

DETROIT − When a new movie arrives about Flint, Mich., it’s usually yet another documentary on the water crisis that has defined the city in the public eye for the past decade.

But that’s not the case with “The Fire Inside,” a film that may put Flint on the map for beating the odds.

The gritty, compelling biopic tells the story of Claressa Shields, the two-time Olympic boxing champion who has gone on to win all 15 of her matches as a professional.