BOXING GYM with Frederick Wiseman In Attendance

The Austin Film Society and The Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas are pleased to present Frederick Wiseman’s newest film, BOXING GYM, on November 14, 2010 at 7 PM at The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar (1120 S Lamar). Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman and Richard Lord, founder/owner of Lord’s Gym (Austin) in attendance for Q&A following the film.

Veteran filmmaker Wiseman turns his lens and intuition on Austin’s boxing shrine, Lord’s Gym, best known for facilitating Jesus Chavez’s noteworthy rise to WBC and IBF boxing championships earlier this century. But it is the day-to-day events in Richard Lord’s gym and boxing ring that have caught Wiseman’s interest. Once inside, the viewer is in another world – not like high school or college gyms, but a hot, relatively small building where bodies sweat, strain, punch, and push themselves beyond former limits. BOXING GYM is a beautiful portrait of an Austin institution and of a sweaty, jarring, often bloody sport that both deserve a lot more respect for the amount of work, concentration, practice, and study that go into creating and molding a high-performance athlete.

NEW PRICING! Admission is $5 for Austin Film Society members and students with a valid ID. $8 General Admission. Tickets may be purchased online at www.austinfilm.org. Online ticket sales close at 3 PM on Friday, November 12th. Remaining tickets will be available at the theater.

In addition to BOXING GYM, The Alamo Drafthouse will be screening Wiseman’s TITICUT FOLLIES at 4 PM on November 14th at The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. More information on that screening here.

The Austin Film Society’s programs are funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

Austin Film Society promotes the appreciation of film and supports creative media production by screening rarely seen films, giving grants and other support to emerging filmmakers, and providing access and education about film to youth and the public. Through Austin Studios, which AFS opened in 2000 in partnership with the City of Austin, AFS helps attract film development and production to Austin and Texas. Gala film premieres and the annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards raise funds as well as awareness of the impact of film on economy and community. Austin Film Society is ranked among the top film centers in the country and recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts and Directors Guild of America. For more information on Austin Film Society, visit www.austinfilm.org

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