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Obit: Documentary Filmmaker Bill Siegel Dies

HeadlineDec 12, 2018

And celebrated documentary filmmaker Bill Siegel has died. Siegel co-directed the Oscar-nominated film “The Weather Underground” and directed the Emmy Award-winning “The Trials of Muhammad Ali,” which examines the struggle legendary boxer Muhammad Ali faced after he converted to Islam and refused to fight in Vietnam, and his following years in exile before returning to the ring. Click here to see our 2013 interview with Bill Siegel.

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