EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the Cannes virtual market, VMI has picked up world sales rights to doc biopic Tough Love: The Lennox Lewis Documentary, narrated by Dr. Dre. Check out the film’s stirring …
Tough Love:, narrated by Dr. Dre. Check out the film’s stirring first trailer above and our interview with the former three-time Heavyweight champ below.exec producer Chad A. Verdi, the Tribeca Film Festival title charts the fighter’s rise to the top of the sport from modest East London roots and a challenging childhood. It will include extensive interviews with Lewis, his family and entourage, and some of his toughest opponents, including Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson.
Director Lazes told us: “One of the things that makes this film important is that it’s very current in the period of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. Lennox grew up during the Brixton riots and was alone in London for several years when his mom moved to Canada to get a job. The movie is about overcoming obstacles, passion, forgiveness and Lennox’s compassion, but it also questions who we heroise.
There isn’t much information out there about me. I’m not like a Mike Tyson, so it’s a look behind the curtain at things that took place in my past. There are sad stories out there about kids of single parents – or maybe even no parents at all – who may feel like they can’t make it in life. But I am proof that you can.They’ll see a different side of me. Everyone knows the story of the tough kid who rises to the top in America. This is slightly different in that it is about a kid from the UK.
DEADLINE: Your film touches on the need for tolerance. What are your thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement and recent events in the U.S., UK and beyond?I look at it and think of the times cops would beat up kids when I was growing up and I would hear people excusing that. Now, we have cops with cameras on them to try to help avoid that. It’s sad that it has come to that. This is the time for change and to get things straight because everyone is fed up.
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