Before Ali. Before Tyson. There was Mace.
Based on the extraordinary true story of Jem Mace, the first global sporting superstar.
The man behind the legend
Jem Mace rose from poverty to become champion of England, America and the world, turning prizefighting into modern boxing and making himself one of the most famous men of the Victorian age.
He was a fighter, a showman, a violinist, a traveller and a survivor. His life carried him from illegal bare-knuckle contests in English fields to packed arenas across America and Australia. Fame brought fortune, danger and loss. Behind the champion was a man searching for dignity, belonging and peace.
MACE is the story of that rise, and of the personal price of becoming a legend.
A forgotten giant of sport. A life too extraordinary to remain untold.
A feature film
From the brutal prize rings of Victorian England to international celebrity, pioneering boxer Jem Mace battles class, corruption, loss and his own restless nature in a sweeping true-life drama about the birth of modern sport.
A life without borders
For producers, financiers and partners
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