Malcolm X
(1992)
★ 7.6 IMDb · 1,981 votes
Year: 1992
Runtime: 202 мин
Country: United States of America, Netherlands Antilles
Director: Спайк Ли
Cast: Дензел Вашингтон, Анджела Бассетт, Альберт Холл, Al Freeman Jr., Делрой Линдо, Спайк Ли, Тереза Рэндл, Кейт Вернон, Lonette McKee, Tommy Hollis
Plot
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.
Biograpical epic of Malcolm X, the legendary African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a Garveyite Baptist minister) was killed. 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.