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This article explores the ways in which director Ryan Coogler's 2015 film Creed reactivates the Rocky franchise and provides an actualization of the themes of race and contemporary masculinity inherent in American boxing cinema. By defining Creed as a legacy film, a method of franchise nostalgia concerned with inheritance, we explain how the movie constitutes a passing-of-the-torch ritual in Hollywood. If Stallone's Rocky gave audiences a glimpse into Italian-American working-class identity and Cold War politics distilled in the boxing ring, Coogler's Creed delves into contemporary black identity and inner-city experience in Philadelphia. We trace a brief genealogy of mainstream American boxing films in terms of how they portray masculinity and racial identity and then explore the particular narrative and symbolic elements that are transferred from Rocky to Creed. Via this case study, we describe a wider industry trend in Hollywood in which burnt-out or dormant franchises are revitalized for contemporary global audiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines how racial identity of whites is destabilized throughout the "Rocky" film "Creed" directed by Ryan Coogler.

The article examines the intersections of race and masculinity in the "Rocky" film series written by and starring Sylvester Stallone and the film "Creed," directed by Ryan Kyle Coogler

An introduction to the journal is presented wherein the author discusses the conference panel "The Streets of Philadelphia: From Rocky to Creed" and introduces articles in the issue which reveals how an examination of the film "Rocky" franchise adds to white ethnic and race studies.

The article argues that the "Rocky" film "Creed," starring Sylvester Stallone, can be more interpreted in terms of African American and Italian American mutuality and resilience.

The article presents a criticism of the film "Creed," directed by Ryan Coogler, starring Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone. Emphasis is given to topics such as references to the film "Rocky," the metaphor of fighting in treating illness, and the author's own experiences with being diagnosed and treating an eye tumor.