Boxing Gym

Veteran documentarian Frederick Wiseman (La Danse) turns his eye to a local boxing gym in Austin, Texas. Centered on the  inclusive spirit inside its walls and the beauty in the sport's discipline rather than the brutality of the ring.

"The great documentarian of institutions in action, Frederick Wiseman turns 80 with a connoisseur’s eye for the agility, the darting rhythms and precision of boxers in training. His latest film has something else in common with its immediate predecessor, La Danse: it’s a picture of an institution that enhances the lives it touches, a neighbourhood gym where an amazing range of races, ages and skill levels find self-assurance through partnership and discipline." (Source: NZ International Film Festival 2011)

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