Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Alyssa Beckam - Malcolm X


Malcolm X is a 1992 American biographical drama film about the Afro-American activist Malcolm X . This film was directed and co-written by Spike Lee who also a plays a supporting role as a fellow criminal and jazz saxophonist name ( Jarvis "shorty ") . The actor that plays Malcolm X is the famous Denzel Washington and Angela Bassett as (Dr.Betty Shabazz). This film is about key events in Malcolm X's life when War World ll era Boston was happening Malcolm was making his living as a hustler he was the son of a baptist preacher who was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan he was raised by foster parents after his mother deemed clinically insane , he turned into a life criminal which lead him to jail on burglary charges. Malcolm received epiphany in the form of an introduction of Islam he taken lessons of Elijah Mohammed. Adopting the name Malcolm X. When he left prison he began working as a spokesman for the national of Islam. He then married a Muslim nurse named Betty Shabazz and had six daughters , follows after which X attended a march on a Harlem hospital housing a Muslim recovering from police brutality that march helped elevate X to the position of Islam's national spokesperson. X is targeted for assassination by other nation leaders .Soon during a 1965 speech Malcolm X was shot and killed by a nation of Islam Members.

I enjoyed watching this movie and I would definitely watch this movie again.  

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