The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic74/100
20 audience votes
Key crew
- Joshua AbramsOriginal Music Composer
- Bill SiegelDirector
Cast
- Muhammad AliSelf (archive footage)
- David SusskindSelf (archive footage)
- Eamonn AndrewsSelf (archive footage)
- Louis FarrakhanSelf
- H. Rap BrownSelf (archive footage)
- Abdul Rahman BarmanSelf
- Malcolm XSelf (archive footage)
- Elijah MuhammadSelf (archive footage)
- Sonny ListonSelf (archive footage)
- Jerry LewisSelf (archive footage)
- Hana AliSelf
- Lester MaddoxSelf (archive footage)