alì (2001)

the story of mohammed alì from 1964 to 1974, between two key meetings of cassius clay's career, the one against sonny liston when he won his first world title and the one against george foreman when he recaptured it ten years later. his friendship with malcolm x, his conversion to islamism, his refusal to go to vietnam to fight for a country that condones racism and costs him a boycott during the best years of his boxing career.