“Forgotten Hollywood”- Ken Burns Unveils New Production…
Manny P. here… 
“`Muhammad Ali will receive the Ken Burns treatment. The PBS documentary filmmaker has just announced that his production company will create a two-part, four-hour film about the former heavyweight champion, who died last June. Burns, his daughter Sarah, and David McMahon collaborated for a PBS documentary on Jackie Robinson that debuted last year.
“`The outpouring of good will make it easy to forget how divisive it was, when the former Cassius Clay took on the Muhammad Ali moniker; his conversion to Islam; and his firm refusal to accept his military draft assignment during the Vietnam War. Ken Burns’ parent organization, Florentine Films, plans on examining what influenced Ali’s decisions, despite public condemnation.
“`The tentative plan is to air the Ali documentary in 2021.
Until next time> “never forget”
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