{"id":154917,"date":"2021-08-12T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=154917"},"modified":"2021-08-12T10:40:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T14:40:50","slug":"blood-brothers-malcolm-x-muhammad-ali-premieres-at-mvaaff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/blood-brothers-malcolm-x-muhammad-ali-premieres-at-mvaaff\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Blood Brothers: Malcolm X &#038; Muhammad Ali&#8217; Premieres At MVAAFF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Blood Brothers: Malcolm X &amp; Muhammad Ali<\/em>&nbsp;premiered Monday night during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mvaaff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Martha&#8217;s Vineyard African American Film Festival<\/a> in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. In attendance were director<strong> Marcus A. Clarke<\/strong>, producer <strong>Kenya Barris<\/strong> (<em>Black-ish, #BlackAF<\/em>), documentary subjects <strong>Ilyasah Shabazz<\/strong> (<em>daughter of Malcolm X<\/em>) and <strong>Maryum Ali<\/strong> (<em>daughter of Muhammad Ali<\/em>), and consulting producer <strong>Sam Pollard<\/strong> (<em>MLK\/FBI, Mr. Soul!<\/em>). <strong>See photos below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Blood Brothers: Malcolm X &amp; Muhammad Ali\u00a0<\/em>is the definitive documentary about legendary icons Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali featuring never before seen archival footage. The documentary feature is inspired by the book \u201cBlood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X\u201dwritten by Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith. The film will debut on Netflix on September 9.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>:&nbsp;<em>Blood Brothers: Malcolm X &amp; Muhammad Ali<\/em>&nbsp;tells the extraordinary story behind the friendship of two of the most iconic figures of the 20th century: Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X. Few people understand the bond these men shared. The charismatic and outspoken Olympic champion who charmed the nation, and the excon-turned intellectual revolutionary who railed against the evils of white oppression by speaking truth to power. The message they carry, still as potent and relevant today as ever before. Their bond was undoubtedly deep, their friendship real and their legacies inextricably bound.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Director<\/strong>: Marcus A. Clarke (<em>Unsolved Mysteries, Rapture)<\/em><\/li><li><strong>Producers<\/strong>: Kenya Barris for Khalabo Ink Society; Jason Perez<\/li><li><strong>Executive<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Producers<\/strong>: Erynn Sampson for Khalabo Ink Society; Jonathan Chinn and Simon Chinn for Lightbox; and Simon George.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quote from Marcus A. Clarke:&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cMalcolm X and Muhammad Ali are two of the most iconic and revered African Americans of the twentieth century, and yet the depths of their friendship and the influence they had on each other is largely unknown.&nbsp;<em>Blood Brothers&nbsp;<\/em>provides a deeper understanding into what made these two men tick, the intense role faith played in their bond and ultimately how their budding friendship came to an abrupt end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barris and Khalabo Ink Society are also producing an upcoming documentary on civil rights attorney Ben Crump for Netflix.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clarke directed three of six installments of Netflix\u2019s documentary series&nbsp;<em>Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 1<\/em>, as well as three episodes of the Netflix docuseries&nbsp;<em>Rapture<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lightbox previously produced Netflix\u2019s documentary series&nbsp;<em>Sophie: A Murder in West Cork<\/em>, documentary feature&nbsp;<em>Tell Me Who I Am<\/em>, and documentary series&nbsp;<em>Diagnosis<\/em>, in partnership with the New York Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/9F9A1220-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Blood Brothers: Malcolm X &amp; Muhammad Ali\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-154922\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/9F9A1119-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Blood Brothers: Malcolm X &amp; Muhammad Ali\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-154918\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/9F9A1141-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Blood Brothers: Malcolm X &amp; Muhammad Ali\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-154920\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/9F9A1276-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-154924\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/9F9A1309-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-154925\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/9F9A1209-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-154921\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/9F9A1226-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-154923\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2021\/08\/netflix-film-passing-at-marthas-vineyard-african-american-film-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Netflix Film \u2018PASSING\u2019 at Martha\u2019s Vineyard African American Film Festival<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blood Brothers: Malcolm X &amp; Muhammad Ali&nbsp;premiered Monday night during the Martha&#8217;s Vineyard African American Film Festival in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. 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Clarke, producer Kenya Barris (Black-ish, #BlackAF), documentary subjects Ilyasah Shabazz (daughter of Malcolm X) and Maryum Ali (daughter of Muhammad Ali), and consulting producer Sam Pollard (MLK\/FBI, Mr. [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/blood-brothers-malcolm-x-muhammad-ali-premieres-at-mvaaff\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":154926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,16,143],"tags":[34523,9966,16857,10230,34611,19243,19245,18261],"reaction":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-154917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-news","9":"category-read","10":"tag-blood-brothers-malcolm-x-muhammad-ali","11":"tag-ilyasah-shabazz","12":"tag-kenya-barris","13":"tag-malcolm-x","14":"tag-marcus-a-clarke","15":"tag-maryum-ali","16":"tag-muhammad-ali","17":"tag-mvaaff"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Blood Brothers: Malcolm X &amp; Muhammad Ali&#039; Premieres At MVAAFF - blackfilm.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Blood Brothers: Malcolm X &amp; Muhammad Ali premiered Monday night during the Martha&#039;s Vineyard African American Film Festival in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/blood-brothers-malcolm-x-muhammad-ali-premieres-at-mvaaff\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Blood Brothers: Malcolm X &amp; Muhammad Ali&#039; Premieres At MVAAFF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Blood Brothers: Malcolm X &amp; Muhammad Ali premiered Monday night during the Martha&#039;s Vineyard African American Film Festival in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/blood-brothers-malcolm-x-muhammad-ali-premieres-at-mvaaff\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"blackfilm.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blackfilm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-12T14:32:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-12T14:40:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Blood_Brothers__Malcolm_X__Muhammad_Ali_00_55_08_14-1-1024x576.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ellen J. 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