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S3E4_"Suffer For Good" DOCU.- Danny Simmons (Filmmaker) & Seb Zewdie (MMA Boxer)


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DIRECTOR DANNY SIMMONS PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON ETHIOPIA IN AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY

SUFFER FOR GOOD

 Suffer For Good is the moving story of Ethiopian boxer Seb Zewdie. His Olympic dreams were shattered by Russia's boycott of the LA 1984 Olympics and a vicious near-death stabbing. After a chance encounter with CNN Hero Dr. Rick

Suffer For Goodis Danny Simmons' feature-length directorial debut. He directed and produced Every Other Weekend, a pilot turned web series that was executive produced by Emmy Award-winner Sterling K. Brown of NBC's This Is Us. Starring HBO's Kimberly Hébert Gregory, starring and produced by Ryan Michelle Bathé (NBC's This Is Us), and created by Netflix's Adrienne Carter. Fox put in development Every Other Weekend, a half-hour single-camera comedy from Will Packer Media at the end of 2019.

 Seb Sebsebe "Fetan" Zewdie is a respected boxing and MMA coach. A political refugee from Ethiopia, Zewdie immigrated to the United States in 1987 in order to receive a life-saving heart operation. Zewdie is the father of three young American sons and resided with his wife Lyouonly a few miles from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, site of the 1984 Olympic games until earlier this year when they moved the family to Nashville, Tennessee. 

 Suffer for Good OfficialTrailer: Click Here 

https://youtu.be/mOUN5-4zFcA

 Website: https://www.sufferforgood.com 

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Instagram: @sufferforgoodfilm

Facebook: @sufferforgood.Movie

Twitter: @Suffer for Good

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Now That I Had My CoffeeBy Cindy Fernandez-Nixon