Nonureva Really Surprised!

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

Lee Eisenberg We've all seen the highlights of Muhammad Ali's boxing career, but what happened in his life is just as important. "The Trials of Muhammad Ali" has a title that one might interpret as a double meaning. There was the US government's prosecution of him for refusing to fight in the Vietnam War, and there were the events in his personal life. The point is that Ali stood up for what he believed, and made sure that the world heard his opinion.We could be cynical and say that the documentary gives a little too much time to the interviewees, but the archive footage makes up for that. It's clear that the government saw all black political movements as suspect, especially Islam. Among the interviewees, John Carlos - who made a political statement at the 1968 Olympics - makes probably the most important comment.Well, Ali got vindicated. He lit the torch at the 1996 Olympics and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005. There's also a clip of him interviewed right after the 9/11 attacks warning not to view all Muslims as Osama bin Laden.Definitely see this documentary.

Roy Keltner "The legal battles of the great American boxer against being conscripted into the US military during the Vietnam War."Maybe my reading comprehension has failed, but I am given the impression from reading that description the major basis for this movie would be about Ali and his fight against his draft status and the Vietnam war. As a atheist/agnostic I find this incredibly deceiving. Instead of the focus of the film being about historic legal battle(s) that went all the way to the US Supreme Court, it is a focus of religious beliefs and specifically the Nation of Islam. For me legal battle was more impactful to my life and thousands if not millions of others than anthing else Ali did including his boxing career. Ali's religious beliefs are not because I find religious debate and Islam bashing by the right wing horrible and just another form of racism similar to anti-immigration. Note the Director of this film Bill Siegel is very anti-Islamic has even wrote a book talking about radical Islam and how it is destroying/destroyed America! "The Control Factor: Our Struggle to See the True Threat"I suggest you not watch this film and instead watch many other better documentaries about Ali. Even Will Smiths portrayal in Ali is better. To me this whole film was made because Ali said many things that were hurtful to non-blacks in a very hard and historic time in our nations history. Now since Ali said those things and is a historic figure in Islam this is a way to bash Islam without bashing Islam. Now it's hard for me to fault Ali for saying the things he said because at the time blacks were not treated as equals and thus still had a lot to fight for and Ali was the epitome of this. Shame on you Bill Siegel!

AfroPixFlix Marvelous documentary revealing little known aspects of this iconic American's journey. As a teenager, Ali was backed by a coterie of rich, white Kentucky financiers with a keen eye for picking Kentucky Derby winners and one promising prize fighter. Like the rest of the world, they had no idea that Ali (then known as Cassius Clay, named after an abolitionist) would blossom into a veritable goldmine. Yet Ali remained "unbought" throughout his career, refusing to curb his personal convictions for anyone. Arguably, his unblinking allegiance to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad may have been misplaced, but, as the film shows, it was strains of this dogged allegiance to principle that led the Supreme Court to reverse Ali's draft dodger conviction. The film wastes too much time on self-important talking heads (including a family member and Nation of Islam representatives) who appear to overstate their influence on the now stoic Ali. The film also lingers a bit long with Malcolm X's concurrent struggles with the NOI and not long enough with the troubling period when Ali, broke and title-stripped, embarked upon awkward college lecture and way, way off-Broadway tours. It closes with a tearful tribute from his daughter and brother (who bears a striking resemblance to Ali), and a full-circle romp back to the Olympics, from whence his public persona emerged. This isn't a fight film, it's an exonerative victory lap by "The Greatest" that merits eight heavyweight forks from AfroPixFlix.

emailme123 This is NOT about Muhammad Ali. This is about the Islam Muslim religion. I have nothing but expletives for the people who created, produced, marketed, and released this insult.Over 90% of this film is heavily weighted with Muslim comments, history, and (in my opinion) propaganda. This film even goes so far as to proclaim that marrying a virgin is a "Jackpot". (Women are only a commodity) As a Muhammad Ali fan my entire life, I was not just disappointed with this film, I was also insulted, and angry. This film made me doubt why I ever admired Muhammad Ali in the first place."The Trials Of Muhammad Ali" is not some vast account of trials and tribulations. It is overwhelmingly about the Muslim religion, and uses Ali as a poster boy. It's entirely about Muslim faith. I felt I had been deceived by the title and promised an inside view into the life of someone whom I thought was a great boxer and American hero.My opinion now stands as muddied. My memories of the champ sullied by this absolute pile of dung. Though I continued to try to watch the entire documentary, it was painful to sit through it. I kept hoping the angle of the story would change. It did not.Further into the film, a photo snapshot boldly stood out and I rewound it to see the still image. In my opinion, as someone who has been repairing digital photographs for over ten years, that photo was blatantly doctored. I tried to convince myself that it was just a happenstance, but further on I saw another doctored photo. I had to wonder, 'To what lengths will they go?' Not only do the makers of this horrible excuse for a film try to use Muhammad Ali to bring attention to the Muslim religion, they literally dare all African American people to join them in their fight, against all other RACES.