Film Number |
7698 |
Title |
STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM, THE LIFE AND WORK OF LEN JOHNSON - ROUGH CUT |
Producer |
WFA |
Date |
1987 |
Gauge |
U-matic LB |
Colour |
colour |
Sound |
sound |
Running Time |
62 mins 21 secs |
Description |
A rough cut including credits and titles of the performance of the musical drama, Struggle for Freedom, at WFA Media and Cultural Centre in Manchester, based on the life and work of the black Mancunian boxer Len Johnson who was regarded as one of the greatest middleweight boxers of his generation in the years between the world wars. He remained untitled because of the racist colour bar. He married an Irish woman and the play raises important issues about class, race and gender equality and imperialism. The performance by young people from Burnage, Ducie Central and St Vincent de Paul schools was part of a Manchester Schools Project, it was produced by Frontline Culture and Education and directed by Dan Baron Cohen. |
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