Publication
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2000. One disc, 3 hours 22 min.
Call number
DVD / Front Desk
ISBN
0790739232 / 9780790739236
UPC
085391259626
Original publication date
1992
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: filmmakers spike Lee, actor Denzel Washington and other top talents vividly portray the life and Times of Malcolm X. "there's a man who rows up from the dregs of society, spent time in jail, reeducated himself and, through spiritual enlightenment, Rose to the top," Lee says. -- from box
FY2004 / jvsn
FY2004 / jvsn
Physical description
4.75 inches
Awards
National Film Registry (2010)
Description
Screen version of the life of Malcolm X, who through his religious conversion to Islam, found the strength to rise up from a criminal past to become an influential civil rights leader.
Language
Original language
English
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LibraryThing member wdjoyner
Long but great movie by Spike Lee. The acting by Denzel Washington is excellent.
I think Spike Lee is the best expositor of the black culture in America. Every one of the films of his that I have seen (he is very prolific and I haven't yet seen them all) are very wel thought out. This one, however,
I think Spike Lee is the best expositor of the black culture in America. Every one of the films of his that I have seen (he is very prolific and I haven't yet seen them all) are very wel thought out. This one, however,
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