What's My Name: Muhammad Ali
2019 · TV Series · TV-14 · 80 min · ★ 7.4 · 91% critics
This two-part documentary follows the life of a legendary athlete through recordings of his own voice, tracing major setbacks, public battles, returns, and hard-won victories. It builds a personal portrait of someone who grew from sports icon into a worldwide symbol of hope, dignity, and compassion.
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3 hours to watch · 2 episodes.
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Details
- Original title
- What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-05-14
- Network
- HBO
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Critic score
- 91/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (29 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like inspiring sports documentaries with a personal, reflective tone, especially if Senna or Simone Biles Rising worked for you; Not for you if you want a fast-moving, game-by-game sports story.
Pros: intimate personal perspective; inspiring life story; powerful historical impact | Cons: narrow point of view; limited opposing voices; documentary pace
Themes
- biography
- sports
- sports documentary
- boxing
Cast & crew
Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage)
Dick Cavett
as Self (archive footage)
- ET
Ernie Terrell
as Self (archive footage)
George Foreman
as Self (archive footage)
Howard Cosell
as Self (archive footage)
Jackie Robinson
as Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
as Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Antoine Fuqua
Created by Antoine Fuqua
Episodes1 season · 2 episodes
Season 12 episodes
- S1E1Part 180mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E2Part 280mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu