Fight or Flight (2007)

Directed by

Shane Sutton, Peter J. McCarthy

Genre

documentary film

Country

Ireland

Runtime

1h 24m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a man as he travels into the world of Muay Thai boxing in Thailand. It captures the training and fighting culture over two years of travel through the country's ring scene.

rawgrittyintimateobservationalfocuseddeterminedphysicalimmersive

What happens

Fight or Flight is a 2007 documentary film produced by Peter J McCarthy and directed by McCarthy and Shane Sutton. The film won "Best Foreign Documentary" at the Long Island Film Festival as well as "Best Documentary" at festivals in Hamburg, Toronto and California. The film took over five years to make and was first premiered at the DocNz International film festival in Auckland, New Zealand in October 2007. It is based on a man's journey into the heart of Thai boxing (Muay Thai boxing) in Thailand. The film was funded by the Irish Film Board. The production involved two years of travelling throughout Thailand's ring fighting scene. Fight or Flight was in production at the same time Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior was released. Fight or Flight is being broadcast in 2010 on Halogen TV (USA), Viasat (Scandinavia & Eastern Europe) and Filmmaster (Italy). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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