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  • wigg1
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    The trials of Muhammad Ali- Democracy Now

    Just saw this. Pretty cool so I thought I would share. A new documentary coming out on Ali focusing on his struggles on converting to Islam, Vietnam, being in exile, etc.

    Hopefully it will be a good doc. They aired some exerts on Democracy Now & interviewed the director.

    Here's the link-

    “The Trials of Muhammad Ali”: Boxing Champ’s Refusal to Serve in Vietnam Was the Fight of His Life
    http://www.democracynow.org/2013/4/26/the_trials_of_muhammad_ali_boxing
    In a broadcast exclusive, we air excerpts from a new documentary that examines the struggle Muhammad Ali faced in his conversion to Islam, his refusal to fight in Vietnam, and the years of exile that followed before his eventual return to the ring. Ali is considered the greatest boxer in the history of sports. When he refused to be drafted into the military and filed as a conscientious objector, he was sentenced to prison and stripped of his heavyweight title. He appealed his case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and did not go to prison, but he was forced to wait four years before regained his boxing license. “The Trials of Muhammad Ali” has its world premiere tonight in New York City at the Tribeca Film Festival. “This isn’t a boxing film, but it is a fight film,” says our guest, Director Bill Siegel. “It’s a journey film that I hope says as much about us as it does about him.” We also speak with Gordon Quinn, the film’s executive producer.
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    • craigus1990
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      Without sounding disrespectful to Ali and/or the people involved with the documentary... the Ali story has been done to death for me. I have heard about it from so many different forms of media that it has become tiresome.

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        • wigg1
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          I agree with you for the most part 1000 times over, but this one focuses not so much on his boxing career, more so on his personal decisions & life.

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            • Zelong Dong
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              Originally posted by craigus1990
              Without sounding disrespectful to Ali and/or the people involved with the documentary... the Ali story has been done to death for me. I have heard about it from so many different forms of media that it has become tiresome.
              Sounds disrespectful to me. Write as many stories as possible on a god like Ali

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