I watched this movie for the first time today. I must admit. Tears came out of my eyes when the credit started rolling. I was ignorant about the History of Malcom X. This is a real inspiring movie and has increased my faith in my religeon more. The message which is being taught today in these Western countries today is dont hate and this message was taught in Islam several hundred years ago. And it inspires me that how a convicted felon from prison sees the light of truth and becomes an ambassador of Islam. As I am not much aware of the History of Nation of Islam would anyone suggest any good books or URLs about Malcom X, Elijah E Muhammad and Louis Farakhan. I especailly want to read about Elijah and see how he got started preaching Islam and what he taught.
Is this the right forum for this?
WHAT A STRANGE COINCIDENCE !!!!
I just finished his autobiography yesterday and quite seriously, it was one of the best autobiographies that i have ever read.
I learnt more about Black history from reading bis autobiography than i could ever have learnt by reading text books. His whole life is so inspirational to Black people who've had to struggle against white opression for so many centuries.
It's really weird cuz the book was written over a period of about two years. Within these two years Malcolm X went from being a stunch supporter of the Natiuon of Islam to finding out about Elijah Mohammed and reverting back to Orthodox Islam. His way of expressing his hurt and anger, yet remaining calm cannot be repeated by any modern writer. I quite honestly hink that he was one of the greatest thinkers of our time.
Loved t/ movie w/ Denzel Washington's superb acting but t/ book as always is a lot better than t/ movie. You can actually feel t/ emotions in his autobiography. Excellent book. I truly believe to this day, Denzel so deserved t/ Oscar. I think t/ Academy just felt obliged to hand t/ Oscar to Al Pacino cuz he'd been nominated 7/8 times in t/ past. I dont discount Al's acting in "Scent of a Woman" @ all, I think he did a very good job, but when compared to Denzel in Malcom, simply put, no comparison.
Also, becuz t/ movie according to most Whites was so controversial (labelling him a violent hate monger for life w/out knowing a thing about him) they didn't want to give any more credibility to Malcolm X. That was truly one of his best works. Anyone seen "Mississippi Massala"??