After recording her moving TED Talk, which received millions of views online, the 26-year-old is showing her journey of great adversity on the big screen with the documentary “A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story.” "Born with a rare syndrome that prevents her from gaining weight, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Velasquez was first bullied as a child in school for looking different and, later online, as a teenager when she discovered a YouTube video labeling her "The World's Ugliest Woman." The film chronicles unheard stories and details of Lizzie’s physical and emotional journey up to her multi-million viewed TEDx talk, and follows her pursuit from a motivational speaker to Capitol Hill as she lobbies for the first federal anti-bullying bill."Ī Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story just received an official iTunes page for its trailer (not to be confused with the embedded video below featuring the original Kickstarter campaign), and will have a world premiere on March 14th at SXSW in Austin, Texas.Lizzie Velasquez was thrust in the spotlight at 17 years old when a YouTube video labeled her the “world’s ugliest woman.” Velasquez, who was diagnosed with a rare syndrome that prevents her from gaining weight, has since become an accomplished author, motivational speaker, anti-bullying activist and (positive) YouTube sensation. The other day we received word that our friend Tamar Teifeld*, the VIP of Interactive Marketing at Paramount who worked with us on the digital campaigns for both Bad Grandpa and jackass 3D, had a producing hand in A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story, a documentary following the inspiring journey of 25-year-old, 58-pound Lizzie from cyber-bullying victim to anti-bullying activist:
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