Muhammad Ali Articles

MUHAMMAD ALI: A.K.A. CASSIUS CLAY (1970) Direction: Jim Jacobs Written by: Bernard Evslin Narration: Richard Kiley MUHAMMAD ALI: MADE IN MIAMI Review The best of the trio of documentaries mentioned in my Muhammad Ali: The Greatest post was Muhammad Ali a.k.a. Cassius Clay, made in 1970 by boxing promoter Jim Jacobs and narrated by Richard Kiley. Jacobs’ film is the most stylistically daring of the [...]

MUHAMMAD ALI: MADE IN MIAMI (2008) Produced by Gaspar González, Alan Tomlinson Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami. Photo: © Bob Gomel MUHAMMAD ALI:THE GREATEST Review d: Carlos Larkin Shot in 2008 and clocking in at 54 minutes, Gaspar González and Alan Tomlinson’s PBS documentary Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami covers much of the same terrain as Carlos Larkin’s Muhammad Ali: The [...]

MUHAMMAD ALI: THE GREATEST (2001) Direction and narration: Carlos Larkin Muhammad Ali Growing up in the 1970s, the specter of heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali — whom I could never stand — was everywhere. Contrary to opinions voiced about him post-Parkinson’s Disease, Ali was the most despised athlete of that era. The most beloved was actually soccer superstar Pelé. Nonetheless, from that time on a raft [...]