Coming Soon to Independent Lens: Trials of Muhammad Ali
Season 15
Episode 16
About the Episode
A story of the famed boxer's toughest bout of all: his battle to overturn the prison sentence he received for refusing U.S. military service. The film explores Ali's exile years when he was banned from boxing and found himself in the crosshairs of conflicts concerning race, religion, and wartime dissent.
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