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Watch: Ringside 2019 123movies, Full Movie Online – This award-winning documentary chronicles the dramatic upbringing of boxing prodigies Kenneth Sims Jr. and Destyne Butler Jr., and their aspirations of surviving on the dangerous South Side of Chicago to achieve boxing glory. Filmed over the course of nine years, the film is a complex, emotional account of two youths, along with the fathers who trained them, who are on divergent paths and fighting to survive both professionally and personally..
Plot: A look at one of Chicago’s more troubled South Side neighborhoods from the point of view of two young boxers and their families.
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Hard-hitting (sorry for the pun) documentary filmed over 8 years
“Ringside” (2019 release; 94 min.) is a documentary about the life and times of two Chicago Southside boxers. As the movie opens, we see clips of 2 kids, Kenny Sims Jr. and Destyne Butler Jr., then 12 and 13 years old, who are already making a name for themselves as young boxers. We then go to “A Few Years Later”, when they are 16-17 years old. Kenny is getting ready for the London Olympic Trials in August, 2011 in Mobile, AL. We also learn that Destyne is serving a minimum of 4 years in jail resulting from several residential burglaries… At this point we are less than 15 min. into the movie. What will become of Kenny and Destyne? To tell you more would spoil your viewing experience, you’ll just have to see for yourself how it all plays out.

Couple of comments: this is the latest documentary from German filmmaker Andre Hormann. Here he takes the long view as he follows two young boxers, kids really, who are both coached by their fathers and see boxing as the (only?) way out of the hood in Southside Chicago. This documentary was filmed over a period of 8 years (2011-18), if you can believe it. It is one reason why watching this is so compelling, but it comes with an asterisk: 8 years are condensed into 95 min. Just think about that. While it surely wasn’t the intent of Hormann and his team when they started this project, the movie also makes some compelling social commentary in this era of Black Lives Matter.

“Ringside” premiered earlier this month on Showtime, and I recently caught it on SHO on Demand. So glad I did. It doesn’t matter in the least if you care for boxing (I really don’t), as this movie is much more than a sport documentary. It is a documentary about black youth in the hood who are desperate to better the lives of themselves and their families, and who see boxing as the one (and only?) way out. If you have any interest in social issues, I’d readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.

A inspirational story about getting back on your feet no matter the cost.
At first Ringside may come across as a typical inspirational sports documentary that’s meant to make you feel empowered and ready to face all challenges in your life. In essence Ringside definitely is just that. What makes this movie compelling and exciting is the fact that we follow these two main characters over multiple years up close. We see their highest highs and lowest lows and understand their strengths and weaknesses. The story focuses on two young boxers: Kenneth Sims Jr. and Destyne Butler Jr. who shared a rivalry as children and made National Headlines for being potential up and coming superstars. Both of them start out at a low point in their lives, especially Destyne but both gradually pick up the fight to prevail in a world that’s pitted against them. Over the course of 4 years the film crew shows us their daily lives and what they have to go through. We understand their world and learn the desperation with what both of these boys are fighting for. This isn’t just their dream, to them it’s their only chance to make something of their lives. The documentary is very intimate and we see this community of African Americans as more than just a statistic but rather as a group of people that are suffering under a corrupt political and societal system. The documentary gives insight into the many amounts of police brutality and injustice people in their community had to face. It allows one to reflect on their lives and re evaluate the idea on whether we reached the world stage that Martin Luther King Jr. expected from all of us. But the movie isn’t just a sad and frustrating burden, it is also filled with scenes of motivation and humour, reminding us that there is always hope, even in the most dire moments. This was a smart way of tackling this subject matter, show audiences the truth but also show them that not everything is dark and sad. If I had to point out a flaw with this film is that the pacing of the story is often too fast. We make large time jumps often not being reminded by the director and therefore we can lose track on what happened. However I’d imagine with 4 years worth of material you had the opportunity of making a film 3 hours long, which is certainly understandable why this film may feel a little bit jumbled.

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Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 33 min (93 min)
Budget 0
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Status Released
Rated TV-MA
Genre Documentary
Director Andre Hörmann
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Actors Kenneth Sims Jr., Destyne Butler Jr., Kenneth Sims Sr.
Country United States
Awards 1 win & 1 nomination
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