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Nick Fraser
Storyville Series Editor
On 22 June 1938, more than 90,000 people crammed into Yankee Stadium, and a global audience of millions tuned in their radios, for the most famous boxing match of all time.
In one corner stood Joe Louis, the representative of FDR's New Deal - a courteous black man; in the other stood the villain of the times, Max Schmeling - a Nazi from Hitler's Germany. But these stereotypes prove far from accurate. Barak Goodman's heartfelt film takes us on a voyage through the politics of boxing from that dark decade.
Schmeling was no picture-book Nazi and the fate of Joe Louis bears reflecting on. The boxing footage is carefully restored and looks as good as Raging Bull. Joe Louis really was the Brown Bomber.
