Known For
Acting
Born
May 19, 1925
Died
Feb 21, 1965
Place of Birth
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Credits
60 titles
Malcolm X
Biography
Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. His detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy, antisemitism, and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history, and in 1998, Time named The Autobiography of Malcolm X one of the ten most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century. Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska. The events of his childhood, including his father's lessons concerning black pride and self-reliance, and his own experiences concerning race played a significant role in Malcolm X's adult life. By the time he was thirteen, his father had died and his mother had been committed to a mental hospital. After living in a series of foster homes, Malcolm X became involved in a number of criminal activities in Boston and New York City. In 1946, Malcolm X was sentenced to eight to ten years in prison. While in prison, Malcolm X became a member of the Nation of Islam, and after his parole in 1952 he became one of the Nation's leaders and chief spokesmen. For nearly a dozen years he was the public face of the controversial group. Tension between Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad, head of the Nation of Islam, led to Malcolm X's quitting the organization in March 1964. He subsequently traveled extensively throughout Africa and the Middle East and founded Muslim Mosque, Inc., a religious organization, and the secular Organization of Afro-American Unity, which advocated Pan-Africanism. Less than a year after he left the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X was assassinated by three members of the group while giving a speech in New York. The beliefs expressed by Malcolm X changed during his lifetime. As a spokesman for the Nation of Islam he taught black supremacy and deified the leaders of the organization. He also advocated the separation of black and white Americans, which put him at odds with the civil rights movement, which was working towards integration. After he left the Nation of Islam in 1964, Malcolm X became a Sunni Muslim, made the pilgrimage to Mecca and disavowed racism, while remaining a champion of black self-determination, self defense, and human rights. He expressed a willingness to work with civil rights leaders and described his previous position with the Nation of Islam as that of a "zombie". Description above from the Wikipedia article Malcolm X, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
The Making Of
Self (archival)
Orwell: 2+2=5
Self (archive footage)
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
America's Woman
Self
Four Died Trying: Prologue
Self (archive footage)
La Californie !
Self (archive footage)
Stand
Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self - Activist (archive footage)
Malcolm X and the Sudanese
Self
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
Self
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Self (archive footage)
Da 5 Bloods
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Who Killed Malcolm X?
Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
Self (archive footage)
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
Barney's Wall
Self (archive footage)
The Apollo
Self (archive footage)
When Tariq Ali Met Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
Self (archive footage)
Explained
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Burn Motherfucker, Burn!
Self (archive footage)
13th
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Lemonade
Self (voice) (uncredited)
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
COINTELPRO 101
Self (archive footage)
Motherland
Self (archive footage)
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Self (archive footage)
Black Power Salute
Self (archive footage)
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Self (archive footage)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Huey P. Newton Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
Windrush
Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story
Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali The Whole Story
Self (archive footage)
All Power to the People!
Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Book
The Real Malcolm X
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
Death Scenes 2
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Black Women, Sexual Politics and the Revolution
Himself (archive)
The FBI's War on Black America
Self (archive footage)
American Experience
Self (archive footage)
Frontline
Self (archive footage)
A Decade of Struggle
Self
Born of the People: Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
Self (archive footage)