# @filmindependent on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaB578fA3E2
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67135872-filmindependent-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-26T17:10:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Film Independent (@filmindependent) — https://gondola.cc/filmindependent

## Caption

#FiPresents a Programmers’ Picks screening of ‘THEY FIGHT’ followed by an in-person Q&A with writer/director Sheldon Candis and moderator Robert Townsend. 🥊
 
Recently released from prison, coach Walt Mangian joins a local youth gym to help a ragtag team of adolescent boxers aspiring to a national championship.

Based on the 2018 documentary of the same name and starring André Holland, Wendell Pierce and Samira Wiley, the film premiered at Tribeca.
 
Sheldon Candis is a #FiFellow, having participated in the Directing Lab and Fast Track in 2009 and Project Involve in 2010. Producer Jason Michael Berman is also a 2009 Fast Track #FiFellow.

🗓️ Tuesday, July 7 at 7:30 pm
📍 Film Independent Theater
🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio.

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