Knock Out True Story Of Emile Griffith GN 9/23/24 AF (W) Mikami

(W) Mikami

he discovers that his rude and loud-mouthed co-worker might not be such a bad guy after all

and then that gets old after a while

timed to the fiftieth anniversary of his birth and twenty-fifth anniversary of his death

Knock Out True Story Of Emile Griffith GN 9/23/24 AF (W) MikamiThe American boxing champion Emile Griffith gained notoriety in 1962 when he brutally defeated the Cuban fighter Benny Paret. Ten days after the fight, Paret, who had directed a homophobic slur at Griffith during the weigh in, died from his injuries. In Knock Out!, Reinhard Kleist draws a powerful, emotive portrait of a bisexual Afro Caribbean American athlete who, facing racism and homophobia in 1960s America, found success in the world of boxing.