'I Can' movie tells inspirational true story of All-American athlete Katelyn Pavey: ‘Gift from God’

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All-American athlete Katelyn Pavey's inspirational life story is the subject of the new movie, "I Can." The trailer for the film shows the Pavey family as Katelyn, who was born with a condition that caused her left arm to stop growing around her elbow, breaks barriers.

She becomes the first All-American athlete from Lanesville, Indiana, to receive a scholarship to play college softball. "'I Can' speaks to everyone’s challenges and deals directly with a dad’s feelings of guilt and shame and his distance from God over his daughter’s disability," Kappa Studios President Paul Long said. "With all the confusion, fear and hopelessness in the world today, we believe that God has given us this platform to lift the culture with messages of hope." "I Can" will cover every aspect of Pavey's life, including her birth being the product of an affair and how she found solace in softball.

The trailer shows Pavey's skill with the sport referred to as "an incredible gift from God." Pavey told News and Tribune in March 2023 she considered the film "more of a redemption story … on how I was conceived and … it centered through my life growing up in sport." She plays softball at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson, Kentucky.This will the senior's final year on the team.

One of the biggest challenges the filmmakers faced was casting the right people to portray Katelyn and the rest of the Pavey family.