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.
Kingsley Ben-Adir
as Malcolm X
Eli Goree
as Cassius Clay
Aldis Hodge
as Jim Brown
Leslie Odom Jr.
as Sam Cooke
Joaquina Kalukango
as Betty X
Nicolette Robinson
as Barbara Cooke
Michael Imperioli
as Angelo Dundee
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
as Bundini Brown
Christian Magby
as Jamaal
Jeremy Pope
as Jackie Wilson
Christopher Gorham
as Johnny Carson
Beau Bridges
as Mr. Carlton