
Malcolm X
This program is presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive screening series “You Had Better Make Some Noise”: Malcolm X at 100.
Spike Lee’s Malcolm X is more than a biopic — it’s a cinematic reckoning, charting Malcolm X’s journey from street hustler to Black nationalist to a global human rights leader. Lee rewrote Arnold Perl’s script, originally adapted from James Baldwin’s take on the autobiography and later made into a documentary. Denzel Washington embodies Malcolm X with fire and depth, while Angela Bassett delivers a steadying, luminous performance as Betty Shabazz. Both epic and intimate, Malcolm X remains one of Lee’s most powerful and enduring works.
35mm, color, 201 min. Director: Spike Lee. Screenwriters: Arnold Perl, Spike Lee. Based on the book The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley. With: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo, Albert Hall, Al Freeman, Jr.
The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a division of UCLA Library, and presents its public programs in the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer, among other venues. For more information about the Archive, visit cinema.ucla.edu.
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