<div>Set on the eve of the Cassius ClaySonny Liston rematch and based on the friendship between the actor Stepin Fetchit and Claysoon to become Muhammad Ali<i>Fetch Clay, Make Man</i>explores how each handled a life in the public eye as black men in their respective erasHollywood in the 20s, where a black actor’s career depended on playing caricatures, and the mid-60s, after the assassination of Malcolm X. With incisive characterizations, crackling dialogue and generous doses of dark humor” (<i>Hollywood Reporter</i>),<i>Fetch Clay, Make Man</i> audaciously recreates this improbably friendship and, through the relationship, digs to the heart of race relations during the highly charged days of 1960s America.</div>