CURRENTLY IN POST-PRODUCTION - Formerly titled Pine Curtain Fighters

In a run-down East Texas boxing gym, best friends Maya and Norely aren’t just learning to fight — they’re learning how to move forward. Let Your Hands Go is a vérité documentary following their journey under the guidance of Coach Kandice, the recently-widowed matriarch of Troup Boxing Gym, whose own past is marked by violence and resilience. In boxing, “letting your hands go” means refusing to just take punches — it means pushing forward and staying on the offensive. It’s something they must learn not just in the ring, but in life.

LYHG is being supported by Film Independent’s Documentary Story Lab and Austin Film Society’s Doc Intensive. Our projected finish date in Fall 2025.