Giant Content Collective

05/13/2024

04/18/2024

Friends and family,

Like a boxer's journey, filmmaking is often a solitary endeavor, involving the ex*****on of a single-minded vision. However, so many of you have stepped up to help with DON'T QUIT, CHAMP, that it has grown from a solitary endeavor into a community effort. Since “Don't Quit, Champ" is the Guyanese cheer for Lennox Blackmoore, I believe this story evokes that same spirit!

The film is a journey into Lennox’s life inside and out of the ring, and all the people he has inspired. It also includes the scope of the Guyanese community, Gleason’s Gym, male and female boxing, and immigration.

Lennox and I have been working on the film since 2019 and we are grateful to NYSCA for their generous grant, and to our fiscal sponsors, Fractured Atlas and the International Documentary Association. A special thanks to the owner of Gleason’s Gym Bruce Silverglade. We could not have gotten to this point without their help. And now I’m proud to say we have a 50-minute rough cut.

However, we need your help to finish DON’T QUIT, CHAMP. Your tax-deductible contribution will go toward finishing funds for music and footage rights, as well as equipment, animation, and post-production, and will be invaluable as we tell this meaningful story and reach people worldwide.

Our plan is to complete the film this summer and take DON’T QUIT, CHAMP on the festival circuit. Please join us on this journey!

To donate go to: https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/don-t-quit-champ/general_support

04/01/2024

Save the date and check out www.dontquitchamp.com

03/01/2024

On set in Staten Island

01/19/2024

Bird! = Inspiration action now is the time

01/04/2024

A still frame of Professional boxer Jenna Gagliotii from the upcoming film Don’t Quit Champ!

01/04/2024

A still of Jenna Gaglioti from the upcoming film Don’t Quit Champ!

12/11/2023

Grateful for the support from Malissa Smith a Women’s Boxing Historian for the film Don’t Quit Champ!

12/10/2023

Last day of interviews for Don’t Quit Champ

12/09/2023

Happy Chanukah!

12/08/2023

Opera time!

12/08/2023

Another day at the Opera

12/04/2023

Working the MET

12/02/2023

working at the Metropolitan Opera

10/10/2023

Keep on trucking!

08/23/2023

"Don't Quit, Champ" is a feature length documentary that took me to Guyana, Brooklyn, and the Dominican Republic following boxing trainer and two-time CommonWealth Champion, Lennox Blackmoore.

It was an incredible journey. The documentary talks about Lennox's quick rise to Professional Boxings' number one ranking to his current gig at the famous Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn, New York.

"Don't Quit Champ" is a film that will inspire people to keep moving towards their goals, especially when our industry is struggling. Many talented artists and creatives need the strength and hope to find work and stick with their careers.

As I edit hours of footage and watch all the interviews, I must be consumed with every frame of footage. I am slowly putting together the paper edit and script.

The real fun begins now as I am building the master sequence of all the footage. Going through all this footage, I realize how many stories I can tell.

What's next? My biggest challenge is learning how to market the documentary and get the completed film into the world!

The film is art, and getting it right is a huge responsibility. As a small film production company, I also have to be the director, writer, producer, marketing fundraiser, and everything!

I look forward to hearing from you when my films hit the film festivals. In the meantime, any marketing advice would be appreciated. It's so important to support one another.

06/29/2023

Elton Darry hand wraps by Don Saxby pre-fight

06/02/2023

It’s the Crew, Man.

06/02/2023

Editing my Dominican Republic interview with the great boxer and trainer Ronica Jeffrey

05/26/2023

sound guy and video editor now

05/25/2023

training and editing

05/12/2023

The amazing Leon “Hurry Up” Moore. Another great Guyanese Boxer training at Gleason’s Gym.

05/10/2023

DQC Documentary story continues everyday!

05/05/2023

Never give up. the work is never over

04/26/2023

DQC Lennox Blackmoore. To those who are interested and excited about the progress of my first feature film. I want to thank you and ensure you know o am working heard everyday to get this film completed and it will het done! Thank you for your patience and support.

12/22/2022

Working on Jenna G interview today!

12/21/2022

Good times at Gleasons!