10 things we learned about Muhammad Ali from Ken Burns' epic documentary

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Muhammad Ali was one of the titans of 20th century popular culture, and his life has sustained biographers, historians and filmmakers for decades. But Ken Burns' new eight-hour documentary series 'Muhammad Ali' still manages to unearth some surprises.

It's a bold filmmaker that decides to make a documentary about Muhammad Ali. After all, what's left to say?

One of the titans of 20th century popular culture,"The Greatest" was hardly a wallflower, and his oversized, well-documented life has sustained biographers, historians and filmmakers for decades. An Academy Award has been won for profiling a single fight; recent feature"One Night In Miami" conjured a whole narrative out of a footnote in history; Marcus A. Clarke's documentary"Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali" arrived on Netflix just a week ago.

 

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