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The Trials of Muhammad Ali

This program covers Muhammad Ali’s toughest bout: his battle to overturn the five-year 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.

David Fenton/Archive Photos/Getty Images
Produced by
Bill Siegel (Projecto Willis LLC)
Chicago, IL
Total CPB Investment
$300,000
Made possible by CPB's
Television Programming: Independent Television Service Subgrant