A screenplay about a boxer’s fight against homophobia has landed two knockout blows for a University of Greenwich lecturer.

Dr Chris Brown’s script, Knock-Out, features a boxer who has to tackle the prejudice of the men at his sports club when they find out he is gay. It has won two awards in the last fortnight: Best Screenplay at the London Independent Film Festival, and the Cordelia Award for Best UK Script at the BlueCat screenplay competition. BlueCat is based in Hollywood, and run by writer-director Gordy Hoffman, brother of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.  More … http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2012/a2611-boxing-film