Tyson + talk

Tue 16 June 1800hrs

Dir: James Toback USA ’08 1hr 30mins Cert 15
A gritty and intimate portrait of one of boxing’s most controversial figures, Tyson recounts Iron Mike’s journey from his days as a teenage drug dealer and thief in New York to his meteoric rise to fame as the champion of the world, through to his shocking decline. Captured through the eyes of Tyson himself, Toback manages to crack the champion’s brooding exterior to expose both the best and worst of the most explosive enigma in the history of the sport.
Following the screening writer and academic Dr Edson Burton will lead a discussion ‘Tyson: Man and Metaphor – Race, masculinity, and sexuality in contemporary culture.’
FFI: tysonmovie.co.uk

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