Rachel Pikelny

Ford Foundation funding for The Trials of Muhammad Ali

January 14, 2013 3:12 pm

The Trials of Muhammad Ali has received a major grant of $160,000 from the Ford Foundation, through their Just Films initiative. The funds were sought by director/producer Bill Siegel and producer Rachel Pikelny to aid final production on the documentary, which is scheduled to be Kartemquin's first release of 2013. We are delighted to receive this endorsement from the Ford Foundation, which puts The Trials of Muhammad Ali in the company of some of the most acclaimed documentaries of recent years.

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Making the Muhammad Ali Documentary

November 6, 2012 4:21 pm

The Trials of Muhammad Ali will be our first release of 2013. The film covers Ali's tumultuous battle against being drafted into the Vietnam War.

In a new interview for our newsletter, Director Bill Siegel (who has waited 20 years to make the film), Producer Rachel Pikelny and Editor Aaron Wickenden talk about unearthing forgotten archive footage, getting the blessing of Ali and his family, and how this documentary portrays Ali "as a fighter fueled by defiance, faith and a quest for justice."

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Saturday, November 10, 2012 10:00 am

Harold Washington Library, Pritzker Auditorium

400 S. State Street

Chicago, IL

Chicago Humanities Festival hosts a sneak preview and discussion of our in-progress film The Trials of Muhammad Ali. Panelists will include director/producer Bill Siegel and producer Rachel Pikelny.

Get tickets here.

Rachel Pikelny on KTQ Labs, Louis Farrakhan's First-Ever On-Camera Discussion of "The Greatest"

May 14, 2012 1:40 pm

KTQ Labs Spring Showcase is coming to the Siskel Center tomorrow, May 15th at 7 pm. Four works-in-progress by Kartemquin filmmakers will be screened, including The Trials of Muhammad Ali by Bill Siegel.

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A Good Man launches Oak Park "Films for $5ive" series

January 9, 2012 4:51 pm

Several Kartemquin documentaries will be part of a new "Films for $5ive" documentary screening series at the Madison Street Theatre in Oak Park, Illinois, starting next Friday, January 13th at 7pm with A Good Man. The film's Associate Producer Rachel Pikelny will attend the screening.

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