28th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
5 MARCH → 15 MARCH 2026
RETROSPECTIVES: TRIBUTE TO BRUCE WEBER

USA 1987 75 35mm Colour
Bruce Weber’s film debut was this beautifully conceived portrait of Andy Minsker, a former lightweight champion, who runs a boxing club for teenagers in Portland, Oregon. On the surface, Minsker is an ebullient small-town guy, yet his past contains some abusive family relationships. Shot in saturated color and smoky black and white, underscored by the soulful jazz of Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan, Weber’s subject is revealed in both his splendor and his unrealized pain.