The Hurricane

Norman Jewison’s moving biopic details the life of New Jersey boxer Rubin ‘the Hurricane’ Carter and his 20-year fight for justice.

We are pleased to announce that screenings of this rare imported print are now confirmed and tickets can be purchased online or through the box office.

  • Director

    Norman Jewison

  • With

    Denzel Washington, John Hannah, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger

  • USA 1999. 145min

  • 35mm

  • Certificate

    15

It’s 1966 and Rubin ‘the Hurricane’ Carter is an up-and-coming Middleweight boxer from Patterson, New Jersey, when he is arrested and convicted of a triple homicide. Years later, after publishing his autobiography, a young African American lawyer in Toronto works to overturn Carter’s wrongful sentence and uncover the racial injustice that underpinned his case. Washington gives a committed performance in Jewison’s heartfelt biopic.

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