How the Klitschkos used their fame to help Ukraine's war effort
21 hours ago
By: Steven McIntosh, Entertainment Reporter
Sky DocumentariesVitali Klitschko was only a year removed from boxing when he was elected mayor of kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, in 2014.
Eight years later , the former heavyweight champion found himself desperately trying to hold his city together as Russia invaded the country
A new one. documentary follows Klitschko, along with his younger brother and fellow boxer Wladimir, as he uses his fame to campaign for military support and raise funds in the face of Russian aggression. -0 fYAfXe">Klitschko: More Than A Fight, which opened the Sheffield Wednesday Documentary Festival, explores the challenges he faced in an ongoing war.
"I wanted to make a film about two celebrities who use their fame to reach a very large audience," the film's director, Kevin Macdonald, told BBC News in Sheffield.
"And I was lucky that the two celebrities weren't pop singers or anything like that. They were fighters at heart , and obviously the metaphor is hard to resist them by fighting in the ring, then fighting for their country."
The documentary features new interviews with the two brothers , who speak openly about the way in which their notoriety is recognized. helped them in the war effort.
"Most of us don't know the names of many presidents [in the world]," Vitali says in the film. "But the names of the world heavyweight champions are known to almost everyone on the planet. The sport has opened so many doors for us."
The Klitschko brothers dominated boxing for a decade. Both were heavyweight champions of the world, and between them they fought 40 title fights.
21 hours ago
By: Steven McIntosh, Entertainment Reporter
Sky DocumentariesVitali Klitschko was only a year removed from boxing when he was elected mayor of kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, in 2014.
Eight years later , the former heavyweight champion found himself desperately trying to hold his city together as Russia invaded the country
A new one. documentary follows Klitschko, along with his younger brother and fellow boxer Wladimir, as he uses his fame to campaign for military support and raise funds in the face of Russian aggression. -0 fYAfXe">Klitschko: More Than A Fight, which opened the Sheffield Wednesday Documentary Festival, explores the challenges he faced in an ongoing war.
"I wanted to make a film about two celebrities who use their fame to reach a very large audience," the film's director, Kevin Macdonald, told BBC News in Sheffield.
"And I was lucky that the two celebrities weren't pop singers or anything like that. They were fighters at heart , and obviously the metaphor is hard to resist them by fighting in the ring, then fighting for their country."
The documentary features new interviews with the two brothers , who speak openly about the way in which their notoriety is recognized. helped them in the war effort.
"Most of us don't know the names of many presidents [in the world]," Vitali says in the film. "But the names of the world heavyweight champions are known to almost everyone on the planet. The sport has opened so many doors for us."
The Klitschko brothers dominated boxing for a decade. Both were heavyweight champions of the world, and between them they fought 40 title fights.
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