7.7/10
Michael Imperioli , Spike Lee , Angela Bassett , Denzel Washington , Ossie Davis , Giancarlo Esposito , Delroy Lindo , Al Freeman Jr.
English , English [Original]
Swedish , Danish , Finnish , Norwegian
Biography, Drama, History, Romance
1992
3h13m
All Ages
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.