Set in the mid-1960s, The Featherweight presents a gripping chapter in the true-life story of Italian-American boxer Willie Pep—the winningest fighter of all time—who, down and out in his mid-40s and with his personal life in shambles, decides to make a return to the ring, at which point a documentary camera crew enters his life. Painstakingly researched and constructed, the film is a visceral portrait of the discontents of twentieth-century American Masculinity, fame and self-perception. (Premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival)
DIRECTED BY Robert Kolodny
WRITTEN BY Steve Loff
PRODUCED BY Bennett Elliott, Robert Greene, Asger Hussain, Steve Loff, James Madio, Abhayanand Singh
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY Jennifer Davisson, Michael Hampton, Steve James, Brian Liebman, Mark Hantoot, Donna Collins, Angelo DeFazio
EDITED BY Robert Greene
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY Adam Kolodny
COSTUME DESIGN BY Naomi Wolff Lachter
PRODUCTION DESIGN BY Sonia Foltarz
STARRING James Madio, Ruby Wolf, Keir Gilchrist, Ron Livingston, Stephen Lang, Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Genre: Drama/Biographical/Sports | Run Time: 99 minutes
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