Boxing Movies
PR: 5
| Unforgivable Blackness - http://www.pbs.org/unforgivableblackness/ Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, a provocative PBS documentary about the first African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World by filmmaker Ken Burns. - Read more |
PR: 5
| Resurrecting The Champ - http://www.resurrectingthechamp.com/ In Resurrecting The Champ a struggling sports reporter encounters a homeless man played by Samuel L. Jackson who calls himself "Champ". In hopes to restore the old man's reputation as one of the greatest fighters of all time he finds the man's story is based on a lie. - Read more |
PR: 4
| Rocky - http://www.rocky.com/ The official site for Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V and Rocky Balboa movies. - Read more |
PR: 4
| Cinderella Man - http://www.cinderellamanmovie.com/ Cinderella Man, the story of one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. - Read more |
PR: 3
| Orthodox Stance - http://www.orthodoxstance.com/ Orthodox Stance is a portrait of Dmitriy Salita, a 24 year old Russian immigrant, professional boxer and religious Jew, and the seemingly incompatible cultures and characters working together to support his rare and remarkable devotion to both Orthodox Judaism and the pursuit of a professional boxing title. - Read more |
PR: 3
| Boxers - http://www.boxersdocumentary.com/ Boxers is a short boxing documentary by filmmaker, Joanna Kohler. Its about an all-female amateur boxing team as they train to compete in the world's largest international boxing tournament. Not only do they have to face an opponent in the ring but societal prejudice that women are told not to fight. Kohler Productions and the Boxers film project strive to end a 2700 year wait for women boxers. All they want to do is box in the 2012 Olympics. Let them box! - Read more |
PR: 2
| Golden Gloves Documentary - http://www.goldenglovesmovie.com/ Golden Gloves Documentary follows 8 women, telling the story of women's role in the Golden Gloves boxing competition. The winner of the NY Golden Gloves tournament gets the right to represent NY in the National Golden Gloves. USA Boxing pays all expenses, but only for men. Women have to pay their own. At the end of the competition, the winner, a young Puerto Rican woman can't go compete at the Nationals, because she does not have the money... - Read more |
PR: 2
| Phantom Punch - http://www.phantompunchmovie.com/ Phantom Punch, a film by Robert Townsend, written by Ryan Combs starring Ving Rhames. The independently-financed biopic will chronicle fighter Sonny Liston's rise to fame and the single "phantom punch" he took from Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay), which many believe led to the demise of his career. - Read more |
PR: 0
| Kassim The Dream - http://www.kassimthedream.com/ This is the story of Kassim Ouma, born in Uganda, kidnapped at age 6 by the rebel army and trained to be a child soldier. He was forced to commit many horrific atrocities, making him both a victim and perpetrator. After 12 years of warfare, Kassim found boxing and escaped to America. He fought on nationally televised and PPV fights and became a light middleweight world champion. - Read more |
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