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Joe and Max

    Joe-and-Max1-600x300True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship. In the 1930s and ’40s, the rivalry between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling was one of the greatest in the history of professional boxing. Louis was one of the first African-Americans to win the Heavyweight championship, and he was a great symbol of hope and achievement for blacks before the advent of the Civil Rights Movement, while Schmeling was a German who many Nazi supporters cited as an example of the innate superiority of the Aryan race. However, what few people knew is that despite their rivalry in the ring, between bouts Louis and Schmeling were good friends, and that Schmeling was not only never a member of the Nazi party, but spurned the attention of Adolf Hitler and helped save the lives of several Jews during the Nazi pogroms.

    Credits

    Director

    Steve James

    Cast

    Til Schweiger, Leonard Roberts, Peta Wilson, Richard Roundtree

    Writer

    Jason Horwitch

    Distributor

    Starz! Pictures

    Awards

    ESPN “ESPY” Award Nominee, 2002
    American Cinema Editors “Eddie” Award Nominee, 2003

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