Malcolm X

Name: Malcolm X
Director: Spike Lee
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1992

Spike Lee • 202 min • 1992

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“Scholar, convict, leader, disciple, hipster, father, hustler, minister, black man, every man.”

Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee

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Synopsis

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.