The Boxing Truth®

  Screening online:  Wed Oct 20 - Sun Oct 24, 2021 at  bushwickfilmfestival.com Press Release: October 11, 2021 By GenPop – BROOKLYN,– Los Angeles native and music producer Stephen DeBro trades mic for camera, aiming for a knockout in his debut film, the epic story of a cathedral of violence and the remarkable woman who ran it. For eighty years, boxing, wrestling, roller derby and punk rock rattled the concrete walls of the Olympic Auditorium, reverberating far beyond its downtown LA location, sending shockwaves across the world.   Ruben Navarro Credit:  Willard Ford   In 18TH & GRAND: THE OLYMPIC AUDITORIUM STORY, DeBro chronicles larger-than-life characters and violent clashes—pointing up parallels between what was happening in the ring and in the streets--conflicts over race, gender and identity that continue to roil America. Deadline : “[...] a fascinating record of power, gender, race and culture told through the lens ...