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Shadow Boxers is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 2 june 1999 with Michael Bentt

Shadow Boxers (1999)

Shadow Boxers
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Released in USA 2 june 1999
Length 1h12
OriginUSA
Rating69% 3.4585753.4585753.4585753.4585753.458575

Shadow Boxers is a 1999 documentary film about women's boxing by director Katya Bankowsky that focuses on the pioneering fighter Lucia Rijker and features an original soundtrack by Argentine singer and songwriter Zoel. Shadow Boxers had its international premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1999.

Synopsis

Bankowsky began working on a film about women's boxing in the early 1990s, when she was training to fight at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn. Filming commenced at the 1995 Golden Gloves competition, the first year the tournament was open to female participants, a group which included Bankowsky herself. After filming the Golden Gloves, Bankowsky began searching for the woman she thought would be the first truly great female champion. After meeting with Barbara Buttrick, founder of the WIBF, who was in the process of starting a global database of women interested in the sport, Bankowsky came across footage of Rijker and decided she would be the perfect subject for her film.

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Michael Bentt

(Himself)
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