Film Review: When We Were Kings

The G.O.A.T. is the best title for this film.
When We Were Kings is an awsomely produced film. The film uses archival footage from 1974 and prior to really get down to the nitty gritty behind the scenes chit chat of one of the most monumental fights of all time that really allowed for Black Americans and Africans to join at the top of a pedestal as kings. Ali vs Foreman in 1974 is one moment in history where Blacks were really at the top as kings.
When We Were Kings captures this. It is a well paced documentary that uses interviews with various people who were members of the media at this great fight, or icons such as Spike Lee, or friends of Ali or Foreman.
It is such a well produced documentary. There is such an abundance of archival footage used that the viewer can really go back in time and travel through the journey of Ali and Foreman as they prepared to be launched into a legendary moment in history. Each person interviewed offered a different angle to the telling of this legendary moment. The archival footage served as magnificent b roll to allow viewers to connect with  the words of the interviewee.
 In one of the interviews the film shows, Ali describes how film can allow other people to connect with other places they have never been. Specifically, Ali says how Black America will be able to connect with Africa and their culture to see how great Africa really is. Spike Lee also touched on the subject telling how in America, Black Americans were so brainwashed by media that if an African American called another African American an African, than it would have been seen as an insult when in reality our riches cultures is rooted right from Africa, right from home. The interviews with perhaps Ali, who is perhaps the most influential athlete of all time were also great.