Autobiography malcolm x movie
Autobiography malcolm x movie
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Malcolm X (1972 film)
1972 American documentary film
Malcolm X, also known as Malcolm X: His Own Story As It Really Happened, is a 1972 American documentary film directed by Arnold Perl.
It is based on the 1965 book The Autobiography of Malcolm X.[1]
Production
Marvin Worth and Perl started working on Malcolm X in 1969, four years after the human rights activist's assassination.
The pair initially intended for the film to be a drama, but in the end they made a documentary when some people close to Malcolm X refused to talk to them.[1] Worth recalled in 1993, "I mostly went for the public figure, rather than the private man.
I aimed for showing the evolution of the man and what he had to say. I wanted to do it with the public speeches."[1]
Archival footage, newsreels and excerpts of speeches given by Malcolm were utilized in the film.[2]
Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X's widow, served as a consultant