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Synopsis: CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT (Yung Chang) In central China, a Master coach recruits poor rural teenagers and turns them into Western-style boxing champions. The top students face dramatic choices as they graduate – should they fight for the collective good or…
Canadian director Yung Chang’s new doc focuses on boxing in China
Film looks at a sport that is about the individual, not the collective
China as new heavyweight in boxing?
CNN’s Becky Anderson talks to Yung Chang, director of a documentary on China’s system of recruiting future boxing champs.
China Heavyweight is part of the Guardian‘s top 20 films to look out for at Sundance.
From Yung in China:
Dear Friends,
I took some time off shooting my current documentary about peasant boxers to travel to Fengdu to spend some time with Yu Shui and family. It’s been three years since I last visited.…
Congratulations to Mia Donovan and team for the Jutra nomination!
Canadian director Yung Chang’s new doc focuses on boxing in China
Film looks at a sport that is about the individual, not the collective
China as new heavyweight in boxing?
CNN’s Becky Anderson talks to Yung Chang, director of a documentary on China’s system of recruiting future boxing champs.
China Heavyweight is part of the Guardian‘s top 20 films to look out for at Sundance.
http://www.indiewire.com/article/meet-the-2012-sundance-filmmakers-yung-chang-china-heavyweight
