Director: Tony Saccucci
Writer(s): Mauro Valeri (book), Tony Saccucci
Starring: Leone Jacovacci
Synopsis: A documentary about Leone Jacovacci, a black Italian boxer who discredited 20th century Italian dictator Benito Mussolini’s racist ideology by winning a European boxing title is making waves in Italy and abroad, reports Variety. “The Duce’s Boxer” tells the story of Jacovacci, an African Italian born in the Congo who won the 1928 European middleweight title by beating Mario Bosisio, a white Italian boxer supported by the country’s Fascist leaders, in front of 40,000 fans in Rome’s National Stadium.
Note: Also known as “The Duce’s Boxer”. I would need to see the film to know if there was anyone else cast in it.
Release Date: March 21, 2017 (Italy) | Length: 65 min | Genre: Biography, History, Sports | MPAA Rating: NR