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Malcolm X (1992)
Director: Spike Lee
Entertainment grade: A–
History grade: C+
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and later named El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an African-American Muslim leader who emerged from the Nation of Islam.
Screenplay
A film of The Autobiography of Malcolm X was first planned in 1967 and written by James Baldwin. To avoid legal trouble, Baldwin's script did not mention the Nation of Islam, calling it "the Movement". More than that, his draft was criticised for reflecting his own sexuality and politics rather than Malcolm's. Baldwin was openly gay, and favoured integration rather than black separatism. In an intriguing twist, since Baldwin's death in 1987 more than one biography has alleged that Malcolm himself had homosexual encounters in the early 1940s, which would have made ideal material for Baldwin. Spike Lee...
Malcolm X (1992)
Director: Spike Lee
Entertainment grade: A–
History grade: C+
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and later named El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an African-American Muslim leader who emerged from the Nation of Islam.
Screenplay
A film of The Autobiography of Malcolm X was first planned in 1967 and written by James Baldwin. To avoid legal trouble, Baldwin's script did not mention the Nation of Islam, calling it "the Movement". More than that, his draft was criticised for reflecting his own sexuality and politics rather than Malcolm's. Baldwin was openly gay, and favoured integration rather than black separatism. In an intriguing twist, since Baldwin's death in 1987 more than one biography has alleged that Malcolm himself had homosexual encounters in the early 1940s, which would have made ideal material for Baldwin. Spike Lee...
- 11/11/2011
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
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