“The Wolves” chronicles six Saturday mornings in the lives of a teen girls’ soccer team somewhere in suburban America as they prepare for their games. Ultimately, there is a particular kind of love that is forged between young women at an early moment in their lives that is eternal. When No. 14 is tragically killed in a traffic accident, teammates assume they will have to forfeit. However, they rally together as No. 14’s Soccer Mom, Jaimie Giangrande-Holcom, caps the evening with a brief, but breathtaking, speech manic with grief while clearly avoiding the subject. Her simple restraint only doubles the emotional impact of unspoken pain. thinktanktya.org
This article appears in Best of The Bay 2023.
