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He never professed to be embarrassed about his blackness or felt estranged from his race.
Maurice Shirley called the movies portrayal of his brother a symphony of lies.
After the Shirley family made their displeasure with the film knownon NPR, Edwin and Maurice heard from Ali.
I got a call from Mahershala Ali, a very, very respectful phone call, from him personally.
What he said was, If I have offended you, I am so, so terribly sorry.
I did the best I could with the material I had.
