The story of the much-hyped 1980 fight between Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes, in which the 38-year-old Ali was relentlessly pummeled by Holmes, then 30. The fight is considered by most to be the end of an era—one in which Ali was actively "The Greatest."

Direct Cinema pioneers Albert and David Maysles were among the first filmmakers to make nonfiction feature films (Gimme Shelter, Salesman, Grey Gardens) in which the drama of life unfolds without scripts, sets, interviews, or narration. In 1972, The Maysles Brothers' Christo's Valley Curtain was nominated for an Academy Award®. The pair collaborated until David's death in 1987. Albert has received a Guggenheim Fellowship (1965), a Peabody, an Emmy™, and five lifetime achievement awards. The film LaLee's Kin garnered him the Best Cinematography award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, and was also nominated for an Academy Award®. In 1999, Eastman Kodak saluted him as one of the world's 100 finest cinematographers, and in 2004 he received the DuPont-Columbia Award. Albert also shot Jasmine Dellal's When the Road Bends…tales of a Gypsy Caravan, featured in the Festival's Discovery section this year. Antonio Ferrera produced and codirected With the Filmmaker: Portraits by Albert Maysles. He has collaborated with Albert Maysles since 1998. He codirected and shot Voices of Cabrini, which follows the redevelopment of Chicago's Cabrini Green housing project and the ensuing effects of displacement on the African-American community. Ferrera's other films include It's an Adventure, Masada: Live at Tonic, and a work-in-progress titled Rain. Matthew Prinzing edited and with Rebecca Marshall codirected Jonah and the Wail. He was the editor for With the Filmmaker: Portraits by Albert Maysles, It's an Adventure, and Masada: Live at Tonic, and served as a coeditor for National Anthem: The Vote for Change Tour.