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Bill Siegel
US 2013 92'
⚬ Sports ⚬ Human Rights
THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI is a biography about an emerging sports superhero choosing faith and conscience over fame and fortune. At each stage, the challenges Ali faces go far beyond the boxing ring and ultimately encompass issues of power, race, faith and identity that confront us all.
Director | Bill Siegel |
Producer | Rachel Pikelny |
Executive Producers | Leon Gast, Justine Nagan, Gordon Quinn, Kat White |
Production Companies | Kartemquin Films, Projecto Willis LLC |
Cinematography | Andy Black, Ines Sommer, Dana Kupper, Stanley Staniski |
Editor | Aaron Wickenden |
Music | Joshua Abrams |
Tribeca FF 2013 |
Rio IFF 2013 |
IDFA 2013 |
Göteborg IFF 2014 |
| Runtime | 92' |
| Spoken Languages | English |
| Production Countries | USA |
Bill Siegel has more than 20 years of experience in documentary filmmaking and education. He co-directed the Academy Award nominated documentary THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND, was a researcher on the documentary films MUHAMMAD ALI: THE WHOLE STORY and HOOP DREAMS, and a writer on ONE LOVE, a documentary on the cultural history of basketball. Siegel is also Vice-President of School Programs for the Great Books Foundation, a non-profit educational organization, where he has worked coast-to-coast training more than 10,000, K-12 teachers, in how to build students’ critical thinking skills.
