Malcolm X (Movie review)

Image via WikipediaImage via WikipediaIt's been said before, but Denzel Washington is THE MAN.

He just did a superb job in this movie. It's worth seeing for that alone.

Back in high school, I had read the Autobiography of Malcolm X and remember having a certain impression. He was a radical, an extremist, a racist.

I thought the Spike Lee movie about Malcolm X  did a fair job of changing my impression.

It provided context without being overly biased. It enriched my understanding of the Black struggles of the '60's. I like how it explored some of the black on black issues and how those played a factor as well.

It's a two-disc set (and took me 3 nights to watch), but the story was engrossing and well worth it.

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