Women Boxers In India: With This Ring
<cite>With This Ring</cite> is an independent documentary film by Ameesha Joshi and Anna Sarkissian. Since 2006, they’ve been tracking the Indian Women’s National Boxing Team, who are some of the best boxers in the world.
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anna
May 3, 2012
We’re happy to announce that we’re heading to the women’s Olympic qualifiers (and world championships) in Qinhuangdao, China, next week! Above, we celebrated the news with a bowl of Cheerios.
We already have more than enough footage and editing is already underway, so the idea is to film as little as possible. But this is a historic moment, as those who qualify will become the first women boxers to participate in the Olympics.
The Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) reports: The seventh AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships will take place from 9 to 20 May 2012 in Qinhuangdao, China and will serve as the only qualifying event for the London 2012 Olympic Games. For the very first time in history, women boxers will be competing at the Olympic Games, in three weight categories: 48-51 kg, 57-60 kg and 69-75 kg. With 24 quotas places (eight in each weight categories) up for grabs, this 2012 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships is sure to be fiercely competitive.
We will be editing as we go in the hopes of wrapping up the film as quickly as possible. On May 20, we’re flying to India with the team to film the aftermath. We have to mentally prepare for two weeks of sun, sun, sun. Looks like it’s only going to get hotter…
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anna
May 2, 2012
If you still have the April 28 edition of The Times Crest kicking around, flip to the cinema section for an article about our film by Ruhi Batra.
Find it here or read online. Thank you Ruhi!
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anna
April 12, 2012
Though she shared the stage with Bollywood actresses, Mary Kom had everyone’s attention at the Mumbai launch of Procter & Gamble’s “Thank You Mom” campaign this week. P&G, which owns pretty much everything in your kitchen and bathroom, is “committed to helping moms make the most of their everyday,” according to StyleIndia.com. Ahem.
Photos of the launch were posted on Facebook by Jimmy Leivon and there were some interesting comments attached. Anand wrote that Mary was “the only real achiever among these people. the others just smile in movies.” And Hangsing said: “mary should be at the centre…dse high profile celebrities make crores of rupees yet totally worthless for India as a whole.” !!
It’s high time for these world renowned boxers to surpass Bollywood actors, in our opinion.
P&G will be paying for Mrs. Kom to fly to London to watch Mary compete in the Olympics, provided that she qualifies in May (which she will). More photos here.
Mary Kom (far left) sits next to her mother Akham Kom the launch in Mumbai. Photo by Jimmy Leivon.
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anna
April 11, 2012
Head over to Women’s Web: Online Community for Indian Women to read all about our film!
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anna
April 9, 2012
Canada’s CTV network says MC Mary Kom might be “the toughest mom on the planet.”
We could have sold them some footage had we known this was in the works!
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anna
March 25, 2012
The Times of India reports that Mary and Sarita are bringing home gold from the Asian Boxing Championships in Mongolia, beating some of their toughest rivals. The Indian renaissance continues with another 4 silvers and 2 bronzes. The world championships and Olympic trials up next in China this May… But better start packing for London 2012.
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anna
March 23, 2012
Please share widely!
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anna
March 8, 2012
Today we celebrated International Women’s Day by presenting our project at Vanier College.
Special thanks to Cheryl Donison and Sherry Hergott for inviting us, we really enjoyed the experience.
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anna
March 4, 2012
Quick update: editing has begun. We’re making things out on the wall right now in our little office. We’ll keep you posted!
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anna
January 17, 2012
We’ve taken a little break from With This Ring to appear as extras in a short film produced by our friends at Arid Sea Films. We’re playing “teenagers from Saskatchewan.” Not sure if we pulled it off. Back to the grind tomorrow.
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