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- Eli Goree As Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) Eli Goree co-stars as the legendary boxer Cassius Clay, who earns the heavyweight title after defeating Sonny Liston. After converting to Islam in real life, Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali and famously protested the Vietnam War.
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Jan 15, 2021 · When 22-year-old Cassius Clay unexpectedly defeated Sonny Liston on February 25, 1964, football star Jim Brown, a close friend of the young athlete, expected to mark the occasion with a...
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Jan 15, 2021 · Kingsley Ben-Adir stars as Malcolm X, an iconic human rights activist who was the spokesperson for the Nation of Islam. In One Night in Miami, Malcolm X successfully recruits Cassius Clay but also feels conflicted abut his own role within the organization.
Apr 21, 2021 · On February 25th, 1964, a barely-22-year-old boxer then known as Cassius Clay fought heavyweight champion Sonny Liston in Miami, Florida. The Kentucky native was already known for his witty...
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Apr 25, 2021 · On February 25, 1964, four African American icons met in a Miami hotel room for a night of revelry, bonding, arguments and ice cream. One of them, the brash and flamboyant Cassius Clay...
Jan 15, 2021 · The very first one we see is Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) in the midst of a 1963 fight against British boxer Henry “the Hammer” Cooper (Sean Monaghan) at London’s Wembley Stadium, and backed by...
- Nitish Pahwa
Jan 15, 2021 · One Night in Miami features four of the '60s' most celebrated African-Americans in the same room together on the night that Cassius Clay (played by Eli Goree) won the World Heavyweight...
Jan 15, 2021 · On this night, at least, Cassius Clay was still a 22-year-old man who was growing up and just coming into adulthood. He was on the precipice of so many great things, but he didn’t know what...
