This film about Dewey Bozella was narrated by Laurence Fishburne and clocks in at under an hour--not two hours in length like it indicates on IMDb. It's currently available for streaming on Netflix and it's well worth seeing--even if you couldn't care less about boxing.
I said in the summary that this true story (much of which consists of interviews with Bozella) is profoundly sad. That's because Bozella spent 26 years in prison based on testimony of two convicted felons who only agreed to testify in order to get out of prison! No other evidence of Bozella's involvement in a murder was presented and, it turns out, that evidence that refuted the two eye witnesses' accounts was suppressed by the prosecution. This is pretty clearly a case where a man was unjustly convicted. But this isn't the end of the story. If he was simply a victim, it would have been a much less compelling story. Instead, Dewey used his time wisely in Sing Sing--getting a masters degree, staying out of trouble and learning to box. In fact, he was a very good boxer and surely would have had a career in this had he not been behind bars. Now, with his conviction finally tossed out, he is a free man--and wants to box professionally. However, at age 50 it's unlikely he'll get his boxing license. Watch this fascinating film to see what's next in this inspiring film.
I said in the summary that this true story (much of which consists of interviews with Bozella) is profoundly sad. That's because Bozella spent 26 years in prison based on testimony of two convicted felons who only agreed to testify in order to get out of prison! No other evidence of Bozella's involvement in a murder was presented and, it turns out, that evidence that refuted the two eye witnesses' accounts was suppressed by the prosecution. This is pretty clearly a case where a man was unjustly convicted. But this isn't the end of the story. If he was simply a victim, it would have been a much less compelling story. Instead, Dewey used his time wisely in Sing Sing--getting a masters degree, staying out of trouble and learning to box. In fact, he was a very good boxer and surely would have had a career in this had he not been behind bars. Now, with his conviction finally tossed out, he is a free man--and wants to box professionally. However, at age 50 it's unlikely he'll get his boxing license. Watch this fascinating film to see what's next in this inspiring film.
