China Heavyweight
- Director: Yung Chang
- Theatrical Release Date: July 6, 2012
- Festivals: Sundance Film Festival
- On The Web IMDb Listing
Synopsis: In central China, where a coach recruits poor rural teenagers and turns them into Western-style boxing champions, the top students face dramatic choices as they graduate – should they fight for the collective good or for themselves? A metaphor for the choices everyone in the New China faces now. [Synopsis courtesy of Sundance Film Festival]
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