

23/08/2013
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.

Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage)

David Susskind
as Self (archive footage)

Eamonn Andrews
as Self (archive footage)

Louis Farrakhan
as Self

H. Rap Brown
as Self (archive footage)

Abdul Rahman Barman
as Self

Malcolm X
as Self (archive footage)

Elijah Muhammad
as Self (archive footage)

Sonny Liston
as Self (archive footage)

Jerry Lewis
as Self (archive footage)

Hana Ali
as Self

Lester Maddox
as Self (archive footage)

Rahman Ali
as Self
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