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I have never been compelled by a movie or a series, let alone a single episode, to write a review; that is, until now. Every single choice made during the production of this episode cannot be described otherwise than to call it perfection. The way this episode weaves between past and present, creates these beautiful analogies with classical tragedies, the color grading, the use of cameras, ...; it's all perfection.

The feelings this single episode evoked within me in 50 minutes, entire books or trilogies have not been able to. This episode sucks you in, let's you feel the dispair, the longing towards a lover, the regrets of a past, all in conjunction. All the while the visuals are just straight up art: at times it felt as though I was watching a stunning painting that kept morphing into another as the episode progressed. And I haven't even mentioned the outfits. Those were like the cherry on top, a final brushstroke by a master painter; they really brought everything together.

The director and everyone who worked on this episode deserve all the praise they get.

Great documentary. As a muslim, it hurt me seeing all those people fall into the cult of the self proclaimed messenger Elijah Muhammad. The nation of islam was a cult, and its leader was a weak, insecure and perverse person who manipulated Ali and Malcolm X for his own ego and power. Seeing him talk, with his inflated ego, made my blood boil. That man abused islam for his own benefit, he took something pure and created from it something as vile and dirty as the nation of islam, and for that I will not forgive him.

The thing I would have liked to see more of, however, was Malcolm X's journey to Mecca. On this journey he encountered many things that conflicted with his own vision of the world, and apart from his bravery and confidence, Malcolm's most admirable quality in my eyes was his willingness to overthrow his ideologies and adapt his beliefs to the world he saw; a world that became clear for him on his journey to Mecca. This is where Malcolm's part as an intellectual truly rises. He doesn't cling onto his ideologies when it's the easier thing to do; he could have made it big were he to stick with the nation of islam. But he chooses not to, purely for his own moral reasons. That's greatness.

I am sure Ali saw through the lies as well, but to him boxing came first at the time, and he probably didn't want the same happening to him as happened with Malcolm. It still hurt to see him talk about his friend like that.

Just like Malcolm X, Ali saw his beliefs in the nation of islam challenged and changed after his journey to Mecca, where he met other muslims. I find it fascinating that both of these giants had their eyes opened after the exact same spiritual journey. In a way I find it beautiful and tragic, that Ali had the same realisations because of the same events, only to be too late. I wish the documentary focused more on all of this.