CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT trailer - OFFICIAL CANADIAN TRAILER (KINOSMITH)
Story: In central China, a Master coach recruits poor rural teenagers and turns them into Western-style boxing champions. Through hard work and discipline, these boys and girls come of age, trained in the art of boxing and the game of life. They are filled with Olympic dreams, hoping to become China's next amateur heroes. But the pull of professionalism also weighs upon their shoulders. Their coach hopes to show them the way. The top student boxers face dramatic choices as they graduate - should they fight for the collective good as amateurs or for themselves and their own personal gain as professionals? It's a metaphor for the choices that everyone faces now, in the New China.
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When Ottawa-based film producer Yi Han first called boxing coach Qi Moxiang on his cellphone in rural China, he was at a wedding. Their conversation lasted more than an hour; by the time it was over, she knew she had her man.
“He had this trust,” Han said. “I kept asking, ‘Why would you trust me? You don’t know me, and I start asking all sorts of questions about you, your (students), your school.' We had a very good conversation … I could tell he was so passionate.
China Heavyweight: Documentary uses boxing to examine China:
"China Heavyweight" director Yung Chang at Sundance
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When Ottawa-based film producer Yi Han first called boxing coach Qi Moxiang on his cellphone in rural China, he was at a wedding. Their conversation lasted more than an hour; by the time it was over, she knew she had her man.
“He had this trust,” Han said. “I kept asking, ‘Why would you trust me? You don’t know me, and I start asking all sorts of questions about you, your (students), your school.' We had a very good conversation … I could tell he was so passionate.
China Heavyweight: Documentary uses boxing to examine China:
"China Heavyweight" director Yung Chang at Sundance
China Heavyweight clip #1 - DayTraining China Heavyweight clip #2 - Qi Jogging China Heavyweight clip #3 - Miao Family Farming China Heavyweight clip #4 - Night Training
