Shown on PPS on April 14,2014.
This was a very special one and a half hour program that describes a man that grew in stature and fought against . . . and strongly spoke against . . . the injustices of our society. Especially discrimination against the blacks. (As a side note the Holocaust against the American Indians probably exceeded by many fold the 6 million Jews that were exterminated by the Nazis.)
FROM THE PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL:
The Trials of Muhammad Ali is not a conventional sports documentary. Befitting its extraordinary and complex subject, the film examines Ali's life outside the ring, beginning with the announcement of his deeply held and controversial Islamic religious beliefs, and the decision to change his "white man's name" of Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali. The film explores his refusal to serve in the Vietnam war, even after his status as a conscientious objector was denied, on the grounds of protesting racialinjustice at home, while capturing his passion and anger in interviews and television appearances culled from a rich variety of rare archival sources.
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