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The Duce's Boxer: The Story of Leo Jacovacci, Black Roman
Today it is released in cinemas, on the Occasion of the World Day Against Racism, The Duce's boxer.
The film, the debut documentary by Tony Saccucci, produced and distributed by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà.
The Duce's boxer rediscovers a little known and extraordinary story as it combines epic sport, hunting charm in the archives, injustice, and a posthumous revenge.
The documentary tells the story of Leo Jacovacci: a boxer technically perfect, agile, intelligent and powerful. Leone spoke perfectly four languages. He was Italian and perhaps even fascist. Definitely not anti-fascist. On the evening of June 24, 1928, at the National Stadium in Rome, in front of nearly 40,000 spectators and the radio connection with the towns of Italy, Leone Jacovacci had gratuated European Middleweight Champion. Darling of the international public in the period where boxing was the sport par excellence. He had only one problem: he was a black Italian. Italian Half and Half Congolese.
The story of Leo Jacovacci has been brought to light by the sociologist Mauro Valeri.
Valeri, who has directed the National Observatory on Xenophobia and since 2005 is head of the Observatory of racism and anti-racism in football. In 2008 he published a weighty book Black Roman, in which he rebuilt with punctuality entire history.
On this book is based the work of Tony Saccucci. In the interview which follows the words of the author of the book and of the director.
The film is enjoying great interest also at international level.
The Times, the CNN, the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia had been interested in it.
Credits
By: Leo Jacovacci, Mauro Valeri, Patrick Sumbu Kalambay, Nicole Jacovacci.
Story and Screenplay by Tony Saccucci. Music by Alessandro Gwis and Riccardo Manzi.
Mounting Chiara Ronchini. Photograph of Sabrina Varani. Sound: Marco Furlani (Sound Editor) and Andrea Malavasi (sound engineer Mix)
Narrator: Angelo Nicotra; Voices: Ezio Conenna, Simone Crisari and Sergio Lucchetti.
Executive producer: Maura Cosenza
Trailer
