UMass Boston Film Series: China Heavyweight
Event Date: April 04, 2013 - 8 p.m.
Event Type: Open to public | Location: UMass Boston Campus Center, 3rd Floor, Ballroom
In China Heavyweight, a Chinese Master boxing coach recruits poor rural teenagers, fills them with Olympic dreams, and turns them into amateur champions. Chinese and U.S. promoters see China as pro-boxing’s last frontier, so the boxers must choose to fight for their nation or themselves.
A Q&A with filmmaker Yung Chang will follow the free screening.
For more information about this film or the other films in the UMass Boston Film Series, call 617.230.7846 or email cdcolvard@hotmail.com. If you require disability-related accomodations, please visit www.ada.umb.edu.
Event Cost: Free
Tags: film series, movies, film, movie, spring 2013 film series
