Director
Spike Lee
Composer
Terence Blanchard
Cast
Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo
Edition 1999
202'
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1992
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Drama, Biography
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Dialogue:
Arabic, English
This biography of the slain civil rights leader Malcolm X is much more than the depiction of a great man's life. It is a film that shows, through the powerful story of one man, a person's ability to reinvent himself and change his life. The film tells of the troubled childhood of Malcolm Little, whose father is murdered by the Ku Klux Klan and whose mother is institutionalized for insanity. Malcolm gets involved with Harlem gangsters, and soon after finds himself in prison where he is introduced to the Islam. He becomes an incendiary speaker for the Islamic movement and he preaches a doctrine of hate against the white man. A pilgrimage to Mecca softens his beliefs and he endeavors to break free of the strict Islamic dogma, with tragic results.
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Credits
Directors
Spike Lee
Composers
Terence Blanchard
Cast
Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo
Scenario
Spike Lee, Anja Perl
Director of Photography
Ernest R. Dickerson
Editors
Barry Alexander Brown
Producers
Spike Lee
More info
Dialogue
Arabic, English
Countries of production
United States of America, Japan
Screenplay based on
"The Autobiography of Malcolm X" (Malcolm X, Alex Haley)
Year
1992