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Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman Uncovers Hidden World Of The Boxing Gym
ResumeFor more than forty years, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman has trained his lens on everything from meat processing and juvenile court to the ballet and opera. Wiseman's latest film takes a very different tack, bringing viewers inside the world of boxing, seen through Lord's Gym in Austin Texas.
Bill Littllefield, host of NPR's Only A Game, visited Frederick Wiseman in his Cambridge, Massachusetts studio and brings us his report on Wiseman's film "Boxing Gym."
- Boxing Gym: Opens in Grand Rapids, Mich., and Nashville, Tenn. on December 17th
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This segment aired on December 16, 2010.