Irish Film Institute -SOUTHPAW

SOUTHPAW

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79 minutes| 1988| Colour| 35mm


Liam McGrath’s feature-length documentary presents two years in the life of Francis Barrett, a 19-year-old Traveller and amateur light-welterweight boxer from Galway as he fulfills a life-long dream by representing Ireland at the Olympic games in Atlanta 1996, and then attempts to continue his success under the mentorship of his close friend Chick Gillen.

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