Malcolm X

James Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the assassinated black leader through various sources.

Cast

James Earl Jones

as Biographical Narration (voice)

Ossie Davis

as Eulogy (voice)

Malcolm X

as Self (archive footage)

Muhammad Ali

as Self (archive footage)

Leon Ameer

as Self (archive footage)

Vida Blue

as Self (archive footage)

H. Rap Brown

as Self (archive footage) (as Rap Brown)

John Ali

as Self (archive footage)

Kwame Ture

as Self (archive footage)

John Carlos

as Self (archive footage)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Regardless of your views on the sheer zealousness of this documentary, it does provide a fascinating, archive backed, insight into the power of oratory. Europeans had already experienced this kind of preaching to those without hope, or certainly with a perception that they have little left to lose, ...

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