From the verite documentarian Frederick Wiseman in his trademark fly-on-the-wall style, BOXING GYM uses the boxing gym as an example of the American “melting pot,” where whites, blacks, Hispanics and people of many races and ethnic backgrounds meet, talk and train — and in some cases dream together.

Boxing is complicated and full of contradictions. It can be bloody, hurtful and cruel, yet requires dedication, discipline, focus, and grueling work ethic, sacrifice, conditioning and ferocious demands on the body and mind. From the verite documentarian Frederick Wiseman, whose studies of the many aspects of American life and the human experience have been portrayed in more than 35 films such as “La Danse” and “Basic Training” with his trademark fly-on-the-wall style, BOXING GYM uses the boxing gym as an example of the American “melting pot,” where whites, blacks, Hispanics and people of many races and ethnic backgrounds meet, talk and train — and in some cases dream together of success, riches and prominence.