Victory Is Your Duty

Director Andrew Lang’s passion for documentaries began with his study of documentary filmmaking in Cuba and Chile. His thesis on distinguished Chilean documentary filmmaker Patricio Guzman further fueled a desire to pursue subjects in these countries. He has made a number of short documentaries in Chile including Stop, Barrio Bravo, and The Gringo Diaries and a documentary in Cuba: Do(n) Mayor, the story of a famous Cuban guitar maker. Victory is Your Duty is the fruit of years spent gaining exclusive access to the Havana state academy for young boxing protégés.

A BBC trainee, Mandy Chang has been making documentaries for nearly a decade. She won a Grierson for her film on architect Antoni Gaudi, and her work has been nominated for Emmy, Indie, and Golden Rose of Montreux awards. Her first documentary won a Silver Apple Award. In addition to documentaries on fine arts, music and architecture, Chang’s work covers a broad range of genres and has aired on all the U.K. terrestrial channels and abroad. In recent years, she has branched out to executive producing but continues to develop and direct programs. She is currently making a feature-length documentary for Channel 4 about Renzo Piano’s Glass Shard.