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Fists of Pride
20121 h 3 min 46 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Hélène Choquette
Production: David La HayePhilippe ChabotLouise MercierIsabelle Fortier
Script: Hélène Choquette
produced by Aviva Communications inc. with the collaboration of Société Radio-Canada, RDI and ARTE.
This title is an acquisition.
In a boxing camp on the Thai-Burmese border, the children of mostly illegal migrant workers fleeing Burma live and train for prize fights. Fists of Pride follows Little Tiger and his fellow fighters as their Thai coaches prepare them for the annual Water Festival competition. The film reveals their daily struggles in a region where combat sports have always been a matter of honour and money. Bets are open, and as their hope of winning prize money grows, the young boxers contemplate what a victory could mean for them and their family.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > AsiaSocial ProblemsYouth
- Sports and Leisure > Boxing, Wrestling and Martial Arts
- Social Issues > Foreign SocietiesSocial Issues in Foreign Countries
- Children and Youth > Living ConditionsYouth of the World
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Child Development
- Social Studies > Development/Global Issues
- Media Education > Documentary Film
- Health/Personal Development > Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution
Credits
- writer
- Hélène Choquette
- director
- Hélène Choquette
- director of photography
- Joël Provencher
- editor
- Dominic Lessard
- original music
- Anthony Rozankovic
- sound designer
- Claude Beaugrand
- sound recordist
- Olivier Léger
- Daniel Bisson
- Shaun-Nicholas Gallagher
- dialogue editor
- Francine Poirier
- research
- Hélène Choquette
- supplementary footage
- Hélène Choquette
- original idea
- Philippe Chabot
- David La Haye
- interpreter
- Rachen Kankaew
- Ei Ei Naywinn
- Thiha Yarzar
- Eh Sho Mee Jhon
- translation
- Tip Sukwiwat
- Markus Baude
- Thida Yarzar
- English adaptation
- Geneviève Cocke
- graphic designer
- Vincent Myette
- media relations
- Marie Marais
- colorist
- François Bonnelly
- online editor
- François Bonnelly
- assistant editor
- Frédéric Ouellet
- Anne-Sophie Ouellet
- technical director
- Patrice Bonenfant
- director of operations and technology
- Julien Masson
- coordinator
- Marcelle Cadieux
- foley artist
- Nicolas Gagnon
- sound mixer
- Luc Boudrias
- musician
- Michel Dubeau
- Camil Bélisle
- Anthony Rozankovic
- production accountant
- Chantal Ribeyron
- executive producer
- David La Haye
- Philippe Chabot
- Louise Mercier
- producer
- Isabelle Fortier
Awards
- Special Mention for the Women Inmates' AwardRencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal