Brash boxer Cassius Clay burst into the American consciousness in the early 1960s, just ahead of the Civil Rights movement. His transformation into the spiritually enlightened heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali is legendary, but this religious awakening also led to a bitter legal battle with the U.S. government after he refused to serve in the Vietnam War. This film reveals the perfect storm of race, religion and politics that shaped one of the most recognizable figures in sports history.
Bill Siegel
Director
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
David Susskind
Self (archive footage)
Eamonn Andrews
Self (archive footage)
Louis Farrakhan
Self
H. Rap Brown
Self (archive footage)
Abdul Rahman Barman
Self
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
Elijah Muhammad
Self (archive footage)
Sonny Liston
Self (archive footage)
Champs63%
Counterpunch65%
You Cannot Kill David Arquette67%
I Am Ali67%
Conor McGregor: Notorious69%
Tony Parker: The Final Shot71%
The Class of ‘9271%
Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child58%
Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager70%
Gilbert67%
Facing Ali73%
Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life64%
I Am Chris Farley71%
Hawking76%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin69%
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood59%
McCullin76%
Stephen Curry: Underrated74%
When We Were Kings76%
