Training at Gleason’s Gym
Produced by
Clipper Media
Co-production
RAI Cinema
Written and directed by
Andrea De Fusco
Cinematography by
Andrea De Fusco
Film editing by
Alessandro Marinelli
Music by
Vittorio Giannelli, Pietro Secchi
In collaboration with
Gleason’s Gym
Gleason’s Gym is the oldest boxing gym in USA. Like NY itself, the gym is a place where people from the most diverse backgrounds and ages come together to work out. The documentary proposes to portray every-day life in this temple of boxing, that witnessed the history of great boxing and immigration in NY. The documentary is a study on boxing, both as a sport as well as a mirror of integration in NY by following of a group of professional athletes all trying to fulfill their American Dream.