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Movie analysis of Malcolm X
Director Spike Lee put together a movie called Malcolm X, the famous Muslim leader. Malcolm X real name was Malcolm Little, his father (a minister) was killed by a white supremacist group. He became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam and the writings of Elijah Muhammad. When let out of jail, he preaches the teachings, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim. He changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz and stops his anti-white teachings, as he realizes the error of his mistakes. He is later assassinated and dies a Muslim leader in black history (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104797/plotsummary).
Spike Lee and company have performed a powerful service in making of this movie. Malcolm Little (Denzel Washington) and Shorty (Spike Lee) were two gangsters who were caught up in white American society. Spike Lee went into great details of......

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