• Cassius X: Becoming Ali (15)

  • Cinema

Price

  • £6.50

Length

  • 90

This gripping documentary follows the early years of Cassius Clay, from bright-eyed rookie to world heavyweight champion and from working-class intellectual to one of America’s most influential civil rights campaigners.

The film reveals how the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, reinforced by a friendship with revolutionary preacher, Malcolm X, set Clay on the journey to become "Cassius X", before his induction to the Nation of Islam and ascension to the name of the great Muhammad Ali. 

This is the extraordinary story of how one young boxer from Louisville, Kentucky became a cultural icon for the ages, forever to be known afterwards as “The Greatest”.

Country: UK
Language: English

Director

Muta'Ali Muhammad

Cast

Jim Lampley, Attallah Shabazz, Dee Dee Sharp

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