Ten Percent

2007, 70 minutes

'Raging Bull' meets 'The Cinderella Man'

'Ten Percent' is set in Chicago and adapted from the critically acclaimed stage play 'Long Live the King' by Producer Tony Longhurst and Director Adam Ross (brother of Jonathan and Paul Ross). The film is based on the 1937 World Heavyweight Title fight between the champion James (The Cinderella Man) Braddock, and the challenger Joe (The Brown Bomber) Louis. It looks at the people and characters surrounding the bout, and the unusual circumstances that would see a black man given a crack at the title for the first time in twenty years…and the 10% deal that allowed it to happen.

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