Malcolm X
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 19, 1925
- Died
- Feb 21, 1965 (aged 39)
- Place of birth
- Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Credits
- 59
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".
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Da 5 Bloods
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13th
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I Am Not Your Negro
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
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Lemonade
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Filmography
apocalipse dos animais
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The Making Of
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Orwell: 2+2=5
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America's Woman
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Four Died Trying: Prologue
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La Californie !
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Stand
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Muhammad Ali
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
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John Lewis: Good Trouble
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Da 5 Bloods
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2019TV
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2019TV
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Barney's Wall
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The Apollo
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When Tariq Ali Met Malcolm X
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Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
2018Movie
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
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Explained
2018TV
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Burn Motherfucker, Burn!
2017Movie
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I Am Not Your Negro
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13th
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Lemonade
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The Trials of Muhammad Ali
2013Movie
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COINTELPRO 101
2010Movie
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Motherland
2010Movie
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Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
2009Movie
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Black Power Salute
2008Movie
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007Movie
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Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002Movie
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A Huey P. Newton Story
2001Movie
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
2001Movie
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Windrush
1998TV
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All Power to the People!
1996Movie
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The Real Malcolm X
1992Movie
Black Women, Sexual Politics and the Revolution
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Himself (archive)
Death Scenes 2
1992Movie
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Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
1992Movie
The FBI's War on Black America
1990Movie
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American Experience
1988TV
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Frontline
1983TV
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A Decade of Struggle
1980Movie
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Born of the People: Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X
1975Movie
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
1974Movie
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Malcolm X
1972Movie
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Dynamite Chicken
1971Movie
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a.k.a. Cassius Clay
1970Movie
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A Tribute to Malcolm X
1967Movie
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Black Liberation
1967Movie
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The Negro and the American Promise
1963Movie
World in Action
1963TV
Walk in My Shoes
1961Movie
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The Hate That Hate Produced
1959Movie
Himself
King vs. the United States of America
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