The Great White Hope

The Great White Hope

He could beat any white man in the world. He just couldn't beat all of them.

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Release Date

10/11/1970

Runtime

103 mins

Genres

Overview

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A searing portrait of systemic racism weaponized against one man's success, told through the arena of professional boxing. The film captures the suffocating pressure of being a Black champion in a white-dominated world determined to destroy him.

Mood

AngryTenseBleak

Themes

RacePowerCorruptionLove

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Racial violence

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