Malcolm X: Directed by Spike Lee. With Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr.. Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his minist
By adopting a common sense narrative to tell Malcolm X's life story, this movie functioned as a form of cinematic jujitsu that invited critical consciousness about the contradictions between liberal ideology and the life experiences of racially excluded groups. Other formal devices in Lee's film ...
Accomplished storytelling Lee tells his story against an epic background of settings and supporting characters (the movie is a gallery of the memorable people in Malcolm’s life). Working with cinematographerErnest Dickerson, Lee paints the early Harlem scenes in warm, sensuous colors, and then use...
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The Autobiography Of Malcolm X Do something about it. Everyone has problems from struggles in life. Malcolm X told his life story of how he overcame in his autobiography simply called The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley. His life changed the world historically, socially, and...
Although he left behind an autobiography and many who knew him well are still alive, much about Malcolm X remains elusive and open to conjecture or individual interpretation. The movie, starring Denzel Washington, is likely to intensify the debate over Malcolm’s life and legacy rather than quiet...
Malcolm X’s narrative, “Literacy Behind Bars”, and Dana Stevens’s evaluation of The Help titled “A Feel-Good Movie That Feels Kind of Icky” display many different qualities, but also reveal the same objective in their pieces. Dana Stevens’s evaluation assesses how one character from ...
my vote for the next movie or documentary needs to be solely based onhis extraordinary travel diary. The fact that Malcolm tried to unify the African-Muslim world–and that he chose to return to America when he had choices to possibly stay alive longer–is a story that desperately needs to...
Religious and civil rights leader Malcolm X is assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City.
Civil rights leader Malcolm X was prominent in the Nation of Islam. Read about his real name, children, assassination in 1965, autobiography, quotes, and more.