The Trials of Muhammad Ali

2013 American documentary film
  • Leon Gast
  • Justine Nagan
  • Rachel Pikelny
  • Gordon Quinn
  • Kat White
Starring
  • Muhammad Ali
  • Louis Farrakhan
  • Robert Lipsyte
CinematographyAndrew BlackEdited byAaron WickendenMusic byJoshua Abrams
Production
company
Kartemquin Films
Distributed byKino Lorber
Release date
  • May 5, 2013 (2013-05-05) (United States)
Running time
86 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office$57,579

The Trials of Muhammad Ali is a 2013 American documentary film about the heyday of boxer Muhammad Ali's career, with special focus on his conversion to Islam and his refusal to fight in the Vietnam War.[1] It won an award for Best Use of News Footage from the International Documentary Association in 2014.[2]

Cast

Interviewees:

  • Louis Farrakhan
  • Robert Lipsyte
  • John Carlos
  • Angelo Dundee

Archive footage:

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 88% based on 42 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's consensus reads, "Director Bill Siegel doesn't explore any new boundaries of the documentary with The Trials of Muhammad Ali, but his subject is so inherently fascinating that the movie proves gripping in spite of its familiar beats."[3]

References

  1. ^ Sobczynski, Peter (November 9, 2013). "The Trials of Muhammad Ali Movie Review (2013)". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  2. ^ "Playback: Barry Alexander Brown and Glenn Silber's 'The War at Home'". Documentary.org. International Documentary Association. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  3. ^ "The Trials of Muhammad Ali". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved February 27, 2024.

External links

  • The Trials of Muhammad Ali at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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  • The Greatest: My Own Story (1975 autobiography)
  • The Fight (1975)
  • Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times (1991 biography)
  • The Tao of Muhammad Ali (1997)
  • King of the World (1998 biography)
  • Facing Ali (2002)
  • Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years (2002 biography)
  • The Soul of a Butterfly (2004 autobiography)
  • Twelve Rounds to Glory (2007 biography)
  • Ali: A Life (2018 biography)
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