Muhammad Ali PBS Documentary Film Night | East Bay

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Free PBS “Independent Lens” Documentary Film Night | Berkeley

Community Cinema, presented by the Independent Television Service (ITVS), is a free monthly screening series featuring films from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens.

Rialto Cinemas Elmwood will present Community Cinema from January to May, and from September to November on the second Wednesday of each month at 7 pm.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014
The Trials of Muhammad Ali | Free PBS “Independent Lens” Documentary Film Night | Berkeley

PBS Documentaries and Community Cinema present a free community screening of The Trials of Muhammad Ali.

The film highlights Ali’s battle to overturn a five-year prison sentence for refusing US military service in Vietnam. Prior to becoming the iconic face of Nike, Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali and found himself in the crosshairs of conflicts concerning race, religion, and wartime dissent. ‘Trials’ zeroes in on the most controversial years of Ali’s life, when an emerging sports superhero chooses faith and conscience over fame and fortune.

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