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The Butcher

201812mMovieDocumentary

Retired butcher Joe Williams runs a boxing club in Rathkeale, Co. Limerick. He trains boxers from both the settled and traveller communities. In a dying town where most of the buildings are empty, the boxing club is one of the few places where you are not defined by where you come from.

DirectorVince Murray

WritersNaoimh Reilly·Liam Heffernan

ProducersNaoimh Reilly·Emma Scott

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Cast · Directed by Vince Murray

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The Butcher hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around January 5, 2019. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.