CRADLE OF CHAMPIONS
CRADLE OF CHAMPIONS
Director:
Bartle Bull
Premiere:
Santa Barbara 2017
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, St Louis, Big Sky Doc, Southern Circuit, Manchester
About:
A portrait of three boxers vying for the Golden Gloves.
I previously wrote about the film for DOC NYC, saying:
Since the 1920s, New York City’s amateur boxers have competed for glory in the Golden Gloves. The legendary annual boxing tournament now lasts three months and attracts 500 fighters, among them Titus Williams, James Wilkins, and Nisa Rodriguez. Director Bartle Bull and his collaborators, including acclaimed cinematographers Tom Hurwitz and Kirsten Johnson, follow these scrappy young athletes as they fight for their Golden Gloves dreams and the life-changing opportunities that may follow victory.
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