Synopsis
In the aftermath of Cassius Clay's defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to change the course of history in the segregated South.
Cast

Kingsley Ben-Adir
Malcolm X

Eli Goree
Cassius Clay

Aldis Hodge
Jim Brown

Leslie Odom Jr.
Sam Cooke

Joaquina Kalukango
Betty X

Nicolette Robinson
Barbara Cooke

Michael Imperioli
Angelo Dundee

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Bundini Brown

Christian Magby
Jamaal

Jeremy Pope
Jackie Wilson

Christopher Gorham
Johnny Carson

Beau Bridges
Mr. Carlton

Lance Reddick
Brother Kareem

Derek Roberts
Jerome X

Emily Bridges
Emily Carlton
Amondre D. Jackson
L.C. Cooke
Jerome A. Wilson
Elijah Muhammad

Hunter Burke
Jess Rand
Robert Stevens Wayne
Jules Podell

Randall Newsome
Myron Cohen

Matt Fowler
Ronnie
Chris Game
Ferdie Pacheco

Alan Wells
Ed McMahon

Dustin Lewis
Miami Announcer
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