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In 1967, legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Clay, refuses to be drafted into the US Army to fight in Vietnam. As a result, he is banned from sports and sentenced to five years in jail. His famous explanation that “no Viet Cong ever called me nigger” dates from that period. Trials of Muhammad Ali depicts the boxing champion’s trajectory outside the rings, from his Louisville, Kentucky roots, through his conversion to Islamism, his fights with the US government and his battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
Bill Siegel
Born in Minneapolis, US. He graduated in History at the Wisconsin-Madison University and got his master’s in Journalism at Columbia University, New York. Has over two decades’ experience in documentary filmmaking. He has co-directed The Weather Underground (2002), nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary. He wrote the screenplays to One Love (2003) and Hoop Dreams (1994).
