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Blood brothers: Ali v Malcom
JOHN WIGHT explores the rise and fall of friendship between two of the most iconic figures of the 20th century: Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X
REGRETFUL: Muhammad Ali during a training session at the Territorial Army Centre in White City, London in 1963
THE news that Scottish film production company, Two Rivers Media, has been commissioned by US broadcaster, the Smithsonian Channel, to make a documentary on Muhammad Ali covering his early transformation from Cassius Clay into Ali — based on the book by Scottish author Stuart Cosgrove — should have fans of The Greatest brimming with anticipation.
The global importance and reach of Ali’s legacy is reflected in the Scottish aspect of this project — ie a book on the man by a Scottish author being made into a two-hour film by a Scottish production company at the behest of a US broadcaster.
But it’s also reflective of the extent to which the life and legacy of Ali continues to resonate, and perhaps even more, with the passage of time.
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