Cassius X: Becoming Ali

No film can go wrong with a leading man of such star quality.

The film strikes a good balance between the development of both his boxing and his politics – and watching archival clips of Ali is always a joy.

Anyone with basic knowledge of Ali’s life is unlikely to find anything especially revelatory in the film that will change their opinion. However, the documentary provides another engaging telling of a well-worn story; a solid addition to the canon...

Set over five years, from his emergence on the national boxing scene in 1959 until the first Sonny Liston fight in 1964, this film tracks key events in his career in relation to his developing political and spiritual consciousness.