Sheldon Candis’ sports drama film, They Fight, starring André Holland, Wendell Pierce, and Samira Wiley, is inspired by the journey of Walt Manigan, a boxing coach, who was a great mentor and an inspirational figure in the lives of the young kids he trained in Southeast D.C. For most of these kids, the Ferebee-Hope Recreational Center was an escape from gang fights and neighborhood chaos, and Walt Manigan made them believe that if they worked ha…
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