NEVER BE A PUNCHING BAG FOR NOBODY
Directed by Naomi Yang
The film weaves together three stories: colorful boxing coach and ex-drill sergeant Sal Bartolo Jr., son of a renowned 1940s East Boston boxing champ; Naomi Yang herself, learning boxing from trainer Bartolo and reexamining some of her own family’s disturbing history; and schoolteacher Mary Ellen Welch, who in the 1960s mobilized a group of neighborhood women against encroachment from Logan airport, fighting back against an indifferent city government.
Cast
Sal Bartolo Jr.
Himself
Naomi Yang
Herself
Mary Ellen Welch
Herself
Larry Venezia
Carlo Rotella
Regina Marchi
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Who would enjoy this
Recommended for
- ✓people who enjoy learning through film
May not appeal to
- –those seeking nonstop action
- –those looking for narrative fiction
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