Malcolm X (1972)

1972 • 91 minutes

About this movie

This riveting biography--based on The Autobiography of Malcolm X and filmed shortly after his assassination while the passions of the Movement still burned--combines speeches, newsreels and film clips provided by friends and acquaintances.

Ratings and reviews

An unbelievably beautiful film. Amazing cast and a fantastically great director. Words can't describe this masterpiece, it's so good. I keep coming back to it and the end always breaks me up. It's sad how people still talk about Malcolm X as if he was a violent, angry man. People don't truly understand Malcolm X, but I know that he is a brilliant person to look up to. RIP Malcolm X 🙏

Historically accurate and portrays Malcolm in an unbiased light which gives perspective on the harsh reality of those times

Great film but not the denzel Washington one