It is hard to imagine the kind of bond the two men shared and how their relationship changed, but thanks to Clarke’s lovingly curated movie, it is possible to wonder. Now with Netflix’s Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali, which is produced by Kenya Barris, Clarke explores the connection between the two iconic civil rights activists and why it ended. “Blood Brothers” is at its most captivating when we learn what Ali’s family think the former boxer felt about the collapse of their relationship, how he regretted them drifting apart, and his attempts to reconcile with X’s family.
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With careful, thoughtful interviews, reams of stunning archive footage, and some contextual asides, Clarke takes us beyond what we know about X and Ali’s three-year friendship, their subsequent drifting apart, and X’s assassination. Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali, out Thursday on Netflix, explores the short but significant bond between the human rights activist and the heavyweight champion boxer in ways.
Clarke digs deep, sitting down with X’s daughter, as well as Ali’s brother and daughters, in a bid to cut through some of the myths that surrounded the two and discover the real sentiment behind their powerful relationship, and the devastating repercussions of the fallout.Ĭlarke weaves a story of incredible potential, lovingly chronicling the rise of each man and their role in black representation in a segregated US - “Blood Brothers” feels especially resonant given the recent importance of the Black Lives Matter movement. Clarke adapts Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith’s book about the pair, and in doing so hopes to shed new light on two figures who have become so rooted in their own legacies that the notion of learning something new about their friendship is an intoxicating prospect.
The friendship between Ali and X, in particular, is one that has fascinated the world for decades, and “Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali” aims to tell the extraordinary story of the pair’s friendship and subsequent falling out.ĭirector Marcus A. "Showing even a little bit of vulnerability - and that's all we show is a little bit of it - showing Malcolm talking to his daughter, showing that all this racism is affecting Jim in the smallest amount and showing Muhammad Ali have just a little bit of doubt is that extraordinary, and it shouldn't be.LONDON: Regina King’s stunning directorial debut “One Night in Miami” recounts a fictionalized meeting between Malcom X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke, speculating what the four friends might have talked about in a modest motel room after Ali - then Cassius Clay - had become the heavyweight champion of the world. "We always say that we have to be so superhuman to be Black and American, we can sometimes take that to the point where people forget about our humanity and forget that we have emotions and that we feel pain," he explained. Scriptwriter Kemp Powers told ET that the film's aim is "the humanization of these men" rather than idolizing them. Malcolm ( Kingsley Ben-Adir), football great Brown ( Aldis Hodge), soul singer Cooke ( Leslie Odom Jr.) and the boxer then known as Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) gather to celebrate the latter's championship win when the conversation quickly turns to race and responsibility, with the men tussling over the best way to move forward and debating who is using their platform to what end. The Regina King-directed film One Night in Miami explored similar dynamics, depicting the time Malcolm X, Jim Brown, Sam Cooke and Muhammad Ali converged upon a hotel in Florida in 1964.
The film promises to highlight their meeting, bonding, and eventual falling out over discord within the leadership of the Nation of Islam. Cultural luminaries such as Cornel West and Al Sharpton will also make appearances. The documentary features interviews with those closest to both men, including Malcolm X's daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz - who is currently developing a series following her father's childhood and activist career - Ali's brother, Rahman, and his daughters, Maryum and Hana.
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