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With This Ring / directed and produced by Ameesha Joshi, Anna Sarkissian.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 031 193
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Hindi
- Multiple languages
- Subjects (All):
- Women boxers--India.
- Women boxers.
- Boxing--India.
- Boxing.
- Women athletes--India.
- Women athletes.
- India.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cinema Guild, [2017].
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
- digital optical
- widescreen (1.85:1)
- NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- Filmed for six years, With this Ring follows India's famed female boxing team and provides an inside look at the challenges they face - gender discrimination, pressure to conform to traditional gender roles, and lack of recognition by the public despite dominating the international boxing scene. There is an unknown, intricate world of women's boxing within India. Starting their project in 2005, Ameesha Joshi and Anna Sarkissian captured over 200 hours of footage from various boxing events and interviews to narrate the stories of India's best female boxers, Manipur natives Mary Kom and Sarita Devi, and Chhoto Loura. These three boxers have successfully placed in world championships, notably Mary Kom who is a five-time World Amateur Boxing champion, and the third woman in history to win an Olympic medal for India. Despite winning international championships, Mary, Sarita and Chhoto are looked down upon by their boxing male counterparts and traditional families. Gender discrimination is already prominent throughout the country, so there is no surprise that women's boxing is neglected by its people. Their parents are reluctant to embrace their chosen careers because they are worried that boxing will disfigure their faces and hurt their chances of getting married. Facing pressure to conform, the women test boundaries as they become the primary wage earners in their families. Through each boxer's story, each decide to follow their own path while tension with politics arise. With this Ring shares the experiences each famed boxer has faced in the boxing ring, as it became a crucial part of their identities. From success stories, endeavors, conflicts, and tough decisions, Joshi and Sarkissian uncover this deep infrastructure of women's boxing to bring viewers an inspirational and complex documentary.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Anna Sarkissian; editor, Jackie Dzuba; music, Spencer Harrison.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2016.
- Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license.
- ISBN:
- 0781515688
- 9780781515689
- OCLC:
- 1005845574
- Publisher Number:
- 2565 Cinema Guild
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