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| Malcolm X |
Denzel Washington, in an Oscar-nominated performance, towers over Lee's sprawling drama based on
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (as told to
Roots author Alex Haley).
The son of a Baptist preacher who raised the ire of local Klansmen, Malcolm X became one of the most militant leaders and charismatic spokesmen of the black liberation movement before his assassination in February 1965.
Undaunted by the historical scope and breadth of his masterwork, Lee injects consummate visual flair into a film that stands as a compelling work of modern cinema.
"With
Malcolm X, Spike Lee has made.his greatest film - a movie that propels a complex, furious, little-comprehended black man into the pantheon of American icons"
Sight and Sound
