"Stand Up" is a documentary about Central Dauphin East High School's wrestling programThe high school wrestling documentary "Stand Up" is now coming to theaters, with the first showing booked for Friday, March 3 at Midtown Cinema in Harrisburg, Pa., with additional screenings planned for across the nation.
"Stand Up" is about a high school wrestling program -- Central Dauphin East in central Pennsylvania -- that hasn't had a state qualifier in five years. However, in 2014, the team had two seniors -- both best friends and rivals -- whose whole wrestling careers had built up to a season to remember.
The film will be touring Pennsylvania and surrounding states in March, and then other states like California, Oklahoma, Minnesota, and Iowa in April, according to the "Stand Up" website ... with the opportunity for wrestling teams to bring the movie to their hometown as a possible fundraiser.
"Stand Up" producers have partnered with Tugg.com, a web platform that makes it possible for individuals, groups, and organizations to set up personalized screenings of the documentary in theaters and community venues across the country. Teams can use the screening as a fundraiser by collecting audience contributions, a portion of ticket sales, or sale of team merchandise (if permitted by the host venue). It can also build community support for wrestling, as well as motivate and inspire wrestlers, their families and fans. What's more, a team hosting a "Stand Up" screening can invite the film's director -- either in person or via Skype -- to share his motivational story of how "Stand Up" came together, with the opportunity to ask questions.
For those unable to make it to a theater, there are other opportunities for viewing "Stand Up." It's already available for viewing online via VHX. Standard DVDs will be available for purchase on Amazon and the official "Stand Up" website in late February ... with special-edition DVDs available in March.
Want to know more about "Stand Up"? Check out this InterMat feature from November 2016 about the documentary and its director, Abdullah Abu-Mahfouz, who was wrestling team captain at Central Dauphin East High School who returned to his alma mater to help coach the program and capture the team's story on film.
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