{"id":1992,"date":"2014-04-14T13:32:08","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T20:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/?p=5558"},"modified":"2014-04-14T13:43:18","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T20:43:18","slug":"trials-muhammad-ali-online-screening-live-chat","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/trials-muhammad-ali-online-screening-live-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"Trials of Muhammad Ali Simulcast: Online Screening and Live Chat"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/ovee.itvs.org\/screenings\/dpr5h\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5567\" alt=\"TrialsOfAliOVEE_IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/TrialsOfAliOVEE_IMG.jpg\" width=\"501\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bit.ly\/AliOVEE\" target=\"_blank\">The Trials of Muhammad Ali<\/a><\/b><br \/>\nExclusive Screening &amp; Live Chat with Director Bill Siegel<br \/>\n<b>Monday April 14, 10pm ET\/7 PT<\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Independent Lens<\/em>, Kartemquin Films, and Eight Arizona are trying something new. For the first time ever, we&#8217;re hosting an online screening and filmmaker live chat with simulcast during the film&#8217;s national broadcast. Don&#8217;t have a TV? Watch online and join the live discussion with award-winning filmmaker Bill Siegel right\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/AliOVEE\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/trials-of-muhammad-ali\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>The Trials of Muhammad Ali<\/i>\u00a0<\/a>is a feature-length documentary film covering Ali\u2019s toughest bout, his battle to overturn the five-year prison sentence he received for refusing U.S. military service. <em>Trials<\/em> is not a boxing film, but it is a fight film. It traces a formative period in Ali\u2019s life, one that is remarkably unknown to young people today and tragically neglected by those who remember him as a boxer, but overlook how controversial he was when he first took center stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;A rock-solid portrait of Ali&#8217;s passions about faith and conscience, and a stirring case that his political legacy is more important, and will be more lasting, than his days in the boxing ring.&#8221; &#8211; Ray Pride, <a href=\"http:\/\/newcityfilm.com\/2013\/11\/07\/review-the-trials-of-muhammad-ali\/\" target=\"_blank\">Newcity<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Join us for the film tonight, both on TV and online, with this exclusive live chat alongside the film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trials of Muhammad Ali Exclusive Screening &amp; Live Chat with Director Bill Siegel Monday April 14, 10pm ET\/7 PT Independent Lens, Kartemquin Films, and Eight Arizona are trying something new. 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