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ALI'S COMEBACK THE UNTOLD STORY

By Art JONES

QWEST MEDIA - as SALES All rights, MIDDLE EAST AFRICA AND ASIA

Documentary - Completed 2020

Denied a license in all 50 states. But in Atlanta, that all changed...

Festivals
& Awards

MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL BLACK FILM FESTIVAL 2019

Selection

PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL LOS ANGELES 2019

AUDIENCE AWARD

- Year of production
- 2020
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH-UNITED STATES
- Budget
- 0.6 - 1 M$
- Duration
- 80 mn
- Director(s)
- Art JONES
- Writer(s)
- Art JONES
- Cast
- Jim BROWN, Khalilah ALI, Evander HOLYFIELD
- Producer(s)
- Art JONES (DREAM FACTORY)
- Synopsis
- "Everyone Deserves a Second Chance" Such poignant words were uttered by Senator Leroy Johnson, the first black state representative since Reconstruction, to then governor Lester Maddox. These words momentarily tipped the scales thus convincing Governor Maddox to agree to allow the great Muhammad Ali to have his first fight in over three years in the state of Georgia, It is 1970. Muhammad Ali has been exiled from boxing since 1967 for his firm stance against the Vietnam War. Stripped of his title, convicted of draft evasion, facing a $10,000 fine, 5 years in prison, his passport is revoked, denied a license in all 50 stated. But in Atlanta that all changed. An ambitious Jewish attorney turned promoter, Atlanta's first Jewish mayor, and, Senator Leroy Johnson joined forces to make the impossible possible. Ali's Comeback; The Untold Story is the epic tale about the return of the greatest athlete of the 20th Century from the shadows of the boxing ring, and onto the world stage.