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SEP 2021
CONNECTIONS VOL. 9 NO. 9
BIGGER THAN BOXING
LARGER THAN LIFE
He was bigger than boxing, he was consider to be — and who unabashedly named
larger than life. MUHAMMAD ALI, a new himself — “the greatest of all time.” A man who
four-part documentary directed by competed in some of the most dramatic and widely
filmmaker Ken Burns and written and viewed sporting events ever, including “The Fight of
co-directed by Sarah Burns and David the Century” and “The Thrilla in Manila.”
McMahon, will air starting September
19th at 8pm on New Hampshire PBS. MUHAMMAD ALI also captures Ali’s principled
resistance to the Vietnam War, his steadfast
The film captures an intimate story of victory, defeat commitment to his Muslim faith and his complex
and determination and follows the life of one of relationships with Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X,
the most consequential men of the 20th century. men who profoundly shaped his life and worldview.
A three-time heavyweight boxing champion who
captivated billions of fans with his combination of While he is largely celebrated today as an icon of
speed, agility and power in the ring and his charm, wit American sport and culture, the film also delves into
and activisim outside of it. At the height of his fame, why Ali was not always widely embraced. At times
Ali challenged Americans’ racial prejudices, religious he was reviled by many in American society who
biases and notions about the roles celebrities and rejected his faith and feared his involvement with the
athletes play in our society, and he inspired people Nation of Islam.
all over the world with his message of pride and self-
affirmation. “Ali is rightly celebrated for his athleticism in the
ring,” says Sarah Burns, “but he was equally heroic in
Drawing from an extraordinary trove of archival his willingness to stand up for what he believed was
footage and photographs, as well as contemporary right.”
music and the insights and memories of eyewitnesses
— family and friends, journalists, boxers and historians, “Ali’s principled opposition to the Vietnam War
among others — the new series creates a sweeping and deeply affecting message of racial pride were
portrait of an American icon. remarkable then and equally so now,” says David
McMahon. “His actions and words speak to his
“Muhammad Ali was the very best at what he did,” character and also to his influence as an athlete who
says Ken Burns. “He was arguably America’s greatest used his celebrity to speak out about injustices that
athlete, and his unflinching insistence that he be he could not tolerate.”
unabashedly himself at all times made him a beacon
for generations of people around the world seeking to You can watch MUHAMMAD ALI on New Hampshire
express their own humanity.” PBS starting on September 19th at 8 PM or stream it
on the PBS App.
The series details the story of the athlete who many
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America's Test Kitchen PBS NewsHour Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Guilt On Masterpiece**
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