Philly welterweight Jaron “Boots” Ennis is, at just 21 years of age, an undefeated boxer with 22 wins. This Temple student-made documentary maps out the history of boxing in Philadelphia and places Jaron within that context as a peerless, top athlete–the first this city has had in years. Highlighting his perseverance and raw talent, this short film portrays the young charismatic boxer’s journey to becoming the best of all time.
Boots: Fighting Out of Philly was produced by students Alistar McDonald, Ian Morris, John Newman, Stormydhae Kelsey, Shawn Gardini, and Michelle Doheny for Kristine Weatherson’s Media Studies and Production class.
Watch the premiere on TUTV on Saturday, June 29 at 3:30 and 11:30 p.m.
Watch Oscar-nominated doc “Hollywood on Trial”
This 1976 documentary went on to be nominated for an Academy Award for its efforts to examine the 1947 hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee and its aftermath. Through interviews with key figures, archival footage and narration by John Huston, Hollywood on Trial chronicles the creation of the Hollywood blacklist, which prevented many screenwriters, directors, actors and others from getting work in Hollywood after being accused of harboring Communist views. Careers and lives having been ruined, this film surveys the damage and takes stock on the motivations behind this awful episode in Hollywood’s history.
Tune in to TUTV on Thursday, June 27 at 1 and 9 p.m. to see this feature length documentary film.