>Jack Jefferson (James Earl Jones) is the boxing heavyweight champion of early 1910s America. But as a black man, he's not only fighting other boxers, but discrimination and prejudice as well. The boxing fans and press resent the idea of a black champion and are actively searching for a "great white hope" that can defeat him. But it's Jefferson's activities outside the ring, primarily involving the white Eleanor Bachman (Jane Alexander), that may prove to be his downfall.
NEXT WEEKS THEME: Genuinely unpozzed film made after 2010
>>341644 When this movie came out, Boomers be like: wow, cool strong Black man overcomes oppression and gets the girl. They weren't taking our women in droves like they are today. That's why the movie seems quaint today.
>>341805 >>341841 Obviously it was yakuza and Emojitroon spamming 4chan about BBC and shit. French and Canadian flags in the same thread doing their "trolling"