Guantanamera Boxe (2000)

Genre

documentary

Country

Canada

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows amateur boxers as they train in Cuban boxing academies. It shows their daily routines and dedication to the sport.

observationalearnestathleticgroundedfocusedquietly inspirationalnaturalistic

What happens

Guantanamera Boxe is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Richard Jean-Baptiste and Yann Langevin and released in 2000. The film is a portrait of amateur boxers training in the boxing academies of Cuba. The film premiered on August 30, 2000, at the Montreal World Film Festival, ahead of a television broadcast on Télévision de Radio-Canada on September 13. The film was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Documentary Film at the 3rd Jutra Awards in 2001. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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