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The Fight


I find it highly unlikely that any liberal-minded person would argue that the election of Donald J. Trump was anything other than a disaster for human rights in America. His administration has systematically stripped back any legislation around equal opportunities and minority rights. With the Supreme Court now stacked in his favour, those opposing him …

The Fight is Spaced star Jessica Hynes’ debut as writer, director, and actor. She plays Tina, a 40-year-old boxfit enthusiast who convinces a local boxing instructor (Cathy Tyson) to train her as a fighter after her parents’ (Christopher Fairbank and Anita Dobson) marriage starts to collapse and her daughter (Sennia Nanua) has to contend with …

Films about boxers overcoming adversity are a long and noble tradition within cinema, but the protagonists of such films are, with very few exceptions, men. Spaced star Jessica Hynes is seeking to correct that lack of representation with The Fight, her debut as an actor-writer-director. The film is set in present-day Folkestone and centres on …