Boxing Gym
Director Frederick Wiseman
Countries United States
Duration 91 min
Synopsis
Austin, Texas. Lord's Gym was founded sixteen years ago by Richard Lord, a former professional boxer. A wide variety of people of all ages, races, ethnicities and social classes train at the gym: men, women, children, doctors, lawyers, judges, business men and women, immigrants, professional boxers and people who want to become professional boxers alongside amateurs who love the sport and teenagers who are trying to develop strength and assertiveness. The gym is an example of the American "melting pot" where people meet, talk, and train. "The sport of boxing is the controlled expression of one form of violence. Boxing demands a skillful application of the disciplined use of a ritualized violence either in the service of self defense, sport, or personal development. Boxing is complicated and full of contradictions." (Frederick Wiseman)
Austin, Texas. Lord's Gym was founded sixteen years ago by Richard Lord, a former professional boxer. A wide variety of people of all ages, races, ethnicities and social classes train at the gym: men, women, children, doctors, lawyers, judges, business men and women, immigrants, professional boxers and people who want to become professional boxers alongside amateurs who love the sport and teenagers who are trying to develop strength and assertiveness. The gym is an example of the American "melting pot" where people meet, talk, and train. "The sport of boxing is the controlled expression of one form of violence. Boxing demands a skillful application of the disciplined use of a ritualized violence either in the service of self defense, sport, or personal development. Boxing is complicated and full of contradictions." (Frederick Wiseman)