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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : Spike Lee's ''Malcolm X'' is one of the great screen biographies, celebrating the whole sweep of an American life that began in sorrow and bottomed out on the streets and in prison before its hero reinvented himself. Watching the film, I understood more clearly how we do have the power to change our own lives, how fate doesn't deal all of the cards. The film is inspirational and educational - and it is also entertaining, as movies must be before they can be anything else. more...
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www.toxicuniverse.com - : When attending NYU film school Spike Lee and cinematographer Ernest Dickerson dreamed of one day creating a film based on The Autobiography of Malcolm X, but at that time that was student fantasy more than something they remotely thought would ever happen. Lee's success with Do the Right Thing brought him some clout (even if it didn't gain a much deserved nod from Academy voters), so when Lee learned that a Malcolm X project was being put together with Norman Jewison at the director's helm he took action and Jewison graciously stepped aside. We're all richer for that since no other director could have treated Malcolm X with the proper perspective, insight, and sensitivity. And no other director had the connection to the black community that makes this a special project. more...
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www.washingtonpost.com - : MAalcolm X is a trigger for potentially volatile debate. Was he an influential or a peripheral black leader? Was he anti-white or was he leaning toward reconciliation between the races after his famous trip to Mecca? Was he a prophet or an articulate demagogue? Was he a political chameleon to everyone? more...
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