Leap of Trust

Ron Sardanopoli paints a vivid picture as he personally experiences a meticulous look at a decade of a poverty stricken South Bronx, New York City communities, during the 1970's. While these community's are being burned down to the ground, politicians and senior leaders are overwhelmed, and confused to find a resolution, people are suffering from oppressive social conditions. Amidst these surroundings resonates a thrilling inspirational boxing story filled with history as a youths perseverance and plight in the face of the gritty background of poverty, burning apartment buildings, jobless tenants, homelessness, street gangs, and crime. A story about a youth that is born and raised in a time and place in his life, who is searching to find a way to break away from these conditions. This inspirational story in the face of social poverty is a true story. Ron also enters the charged lives of human beings in the sport of boxing, for whom it really is life.