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In 1968 a young aboriginal
boxer with a charming smile punched his way to history when he stopped Fighting
Harada in Japan over fifteen rounds. His name was Lionel Rose and he became the
undisputed world bantamweight champion. Two hundred and fifty thousand people
hit the streets of Melbourne to welcome him back and he went on to become a
symbolic figure in the interracial politics of the times. Combining a remarkable
selection of archival and present day observational footage and interviews, the
film explores how Lionel became a mythic sporting figure and his struggle with
the dimensions of that myth in his every day life. |
