En 1966, Mohamed Ali est non seulement un immense champion de boxe mais aussi un homme engagé dans la cause des droits civiques. Il refuse son incorporation dans l'armée américaine, au motif qu'il ne veut pas combattre au Vietnam. Le 20 juin 1967, il est lourdement condamné, notamment à cinq ans de prison et à la déchéance de son titre de champion du monde. Il engage alors un combat judiciaire acharné qui le mènera jusqu'à la Cour suprême des Etats-Unis...
00:38This brawly just doesn't want to fight the white man's war.
00:42So he would fight.
00:44Gentlemen, let's take the vote.
00:47I uphold his conviction.
00:48They call us justices nine scorpions in a bottle.
00:53I want the opinion on my desk, first thing.
00:56But sir, the case will not write.
01:00When he's finished with you, don't come crying to us.
01:04Citizens cannot pick and choose which war they wish to fight.
01:08What on earth has taken hold of you?
01:10You're not going to get another vote.
01:13You cross the line.
01:14Put him up.
01:14This court sends Ali to jail, saying there's one law for whites and one law for blacks.
01:23No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
