Boxing became the way two fathers in Chicago could keep their sons off the streets. Kenneth Sims Sr. was a brawler back in the day before turning his passion into a career as a coach. Destyne Butler Sr. was a pugilist aficionado who succumbed to the allure of drug dealing before getting out of the game. They therefore knew how easy it was to fall into a hole that seemed impossible to climb and what it took to do exactly that. So they used the sport to insulate their namesakes until both became highly touted as potential Olympians for 2017 when they were still just twelve years old. While neither would ultimately make good on that promise for very different reasons, boxing remained their path towards salvation anyway.
German director André Hörmann followed these boys’ trajectories for eight years to construct the inspiring, heart-breaking, and relevant documentary Ringside. In it we...
German director André Hörmann followed these boys’ trajectories for eight years to construct the inspiring, heart-breaking, and relevant documentary Ringside. In it we...
- 2/15/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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