L'insurgé (The great White Hope) de Lawrence Turman et Martin Ritt 1970

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Cinema - Sport - Racism

A cruel and bitter film which demonstrates the operation of desecration of the first black world boxing champion, Jack Johnson (renamed Jack Jefferson) by the Whites. The danger of hegemony of the black race through sport is, at the end of the film (a true story, unfortunately!), nipped in the bud.

This prodigious boxer who knew how to become the best in his category is subjected to all kinds of humiliations, the worst of which is a rigged fight against a white challenger (hence the devilishly ironic original title: "The Great White Hope"), where Johnson must bow when he is the strongest. Denunciation of the ignominious methods which the white circles of sport and politics shamelessly used to destroy a man who embarrassed them, "The Insurgent" is a strong and uncompromising film signed by one of the most important American filmmakers. brave.

James Earl Jones powerfully plays the ambiguous but pathetic role of Johnson, which he had already created on stage.

Printed by Saint Martin Paris

Good condition, creases