Golden Gloves (1961 film)
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| Directed by | Gilles Groulx |
| Written by | Jean Le Moyne |
| Produced by | Victor Jobin Fernand Dansereau |
| Narrated by | Claude Jutra |
| Cinematography | Guy Borremans |
| Edited by | Gilles Groulx |
| Music by | Les Jérolas |
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Running time | 27 minutes and 43 seconds |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English French |
Golden Gloves is a 1961 Direct Cinema documentary directed by Gilles Groulx about boxers preparing for a Golden Gloves tournament in Montreal. The film is narrated by Claude Jutra.
Golden Gloves focuses on three Montreal boxers in training, exploring their lives and hopes. The 1961 film marked a shift among French-Canadian filmmakers at the NFB away from folkloric films towards works that dealt with contemporary Quebec society.
One of the featured fighters, Black Canadian Ronald Jones, was later cast in a small role in Michel Brault's 1967 drama Entre la mer et l'eau douce. A sequence with Jones and his brother was also used in the 2008 production The Memories of Angels.