Panos photographer Zack Canepari and his colleague Drea Cooper are working on a feature film about US Olympic boxer Claressa Shields, aka T-Rex, who is the youngest female boxer to compete in this year’s London 2012 Games, the first time women’s boxing is featuring as an Olympic Sport.

They have launched their project on the crowd-funding site Kickstarter where it has already reached over a fifth of the required funding. Click on the play button below to see a trailer.

Click HERE to view the Facebook page or follow them on Twitter @trexthefilm.