Malcolm X

Biograpical epic of Malcolm X, the legendary African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a Garveyite Baptist minister) was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim and changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz. He is assassinated on February 21, 1965 and dies a Muslim martyr.

Year

1992

Movie time

202 min

Directed by

Spike Lee

Cast

Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo

7.7/10

IMDB

89%

Rotten Tomatoes

73/100

Metacritic

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