Poor Boy's Game (2007 film)
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Poor Boy's Game is a 2007 Canadian drama film that explores racial tension, redemption, and violence through the story of a young ex-convict boxer returning to his Halifax community.
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| Poor Boy's Game (2007 film) canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Poor Boy's Game (2007 film) Context triple: [Clement Virgo, knownFor, Poor Boy's Game (2007 film)]
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A.
Boy (2010 film)
Boy (2010 film) is a New Zealand coming-of-age comedy-drama written and directed by Taika Waititi that follows an imaginative Māori boy reconnecting with his estranged father in the 1980s.
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B.
Boys (2003 film)
Boys is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age musical film directed by S. Shankar that follows a group of carefree teenage friends who form a band and navigate love, ambition, and rebellion.
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C.
War Boys
War Boys are the fanatical, war-painted paramilitary followers of Immortan Joe in the Mad Max: Fury Road universe, known for their suicidal zeal and cult-like devotion.
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D.
The Boys (1998 film)
The Boys (1998 film) is an Australian psychological crime drama that follows the tense, menacing lead-up to a brutal crime committed by three brothers in suburban Sydney.
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E.
Kill the Boy
"Kill the Boy" is a track from the Season 5 soundtrack of the television series Game of Thrones, composed by Ramin Djawadi.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Poor Boy's Game (2007 film) Target entity description: Poor Boy's Game is a 2007 Canadian drama film that explores racial tension, redemption, and violence through the story of a young ex-convict boxer returning to his Halifax community.
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A.
Boy (2010 film)
Boy (2010 film) is a New Zealand coming-of-age comedy-drama written and directed by Taika Waititi that follows an imaginative Māori boy reconnecting with his estranged father in the 1980s.
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B.
Boys (2003 film)
Boys is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age musical film directed by S. Shankar that follows a group of carefree teenage friends who form a band and navigate love, ambition, and rebellion.
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C.
War Boys
War Boys are the fanatical, war-painted paramilitary followers of Immortan Joe in the Mad Max: Fury Road universe, known for their suicidal zeal and cult-like devotion.
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D.
The Boys (1998 film)
The Boys (1998 film) is an Australian psychological crime drama that follows the tense, menacing lead-up to a brutal crime committed by three brothers in suburban Sydney.
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E.
Kill the Boy
"Kill the Boy" is a track from the Season 5 soundtrack of the television series Game of Thrones, composed by Ramin Djawadi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| basedIn | Halifax black community ⓘ |
| cinematography | Rene Ohashi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| director | Clément Virgo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Seville Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Susan Maggi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Halifax, Nova Scotia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
boxing film
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drama ⓘ sports film ⓘ |
| hasAgeRating | 14A (Canada) ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Donnie Rose
NERFINISHED
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George Carvery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
racial tension
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redemption ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| musicBy | Andrew Lockington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | young ex-convict boxer returning to his community ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
Black–white race relations in Canada
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boxing as a means of conflict resolution ⓘ |
| producer |
Barbara Shrier
NERFINISHED
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Damian Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Poor Boy's Game Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateCanada | 2007-02-09 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenedAt |
Berlin International Film Festival
NERFINISHED
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Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Halifax, Nova Scotia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Danny Glover
NERFINISHED
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Flex Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ Greg Bryk NERFINISHED ⓘ K.C. Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ Rossif Sutherland NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen McHattie NERFINISHED ⓘ Tonya Lee Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Chaz Thorne
NERFINISHED
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Clément Virgo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Poor Boy's Game (2007 film) Description of subject: Poor Boy's Game is a 2007 Canadian drama film that explores racial tension, redemption, and violence through the story of a young ex-convict boxer returning to his Halifax community.
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