Malcolm X
Biography
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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Malcolm X, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
American Experience
1988
Frontline
1983
World in Action
1963
Explained
2018
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
2009
Da 5 Bloods
2020
I Am Not Your Negro
2017
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
2019
Orwell: 2+2=5
2025
Who Killed Malcolm X?
2019
Muhammad Ali
2021
Filmography
American Experience
as Self (archive footage) · 1988
Frontline
as Self (archive footage) · 1983
World in Action
· 1963
Explained
as Self (archive footage) · 2018
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
as Self (archive footage) · 2009
Da 5 Bloods
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2020
I Am Not Your Negro
as Self (archive footage) · 2017
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self - Activist (archive footage) · 2021
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage) · 2019
Orwell: 2+2=5
as Self (archive footage) · 2025
Who Killed Malcolm X?
as Self (archive footage) · 2019
Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
13th
as Self (archive footage) · 2016
The FBI's War on Black America
as Self (archive footage) · 1990
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage) · 2024
La Californie !
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
A Huey P. Newton Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2001
Lemonade
as Self (voice) (uncredited) · 2016
Windrush
as Self (archive footage) · 1998
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
as Self · 2020
Black Liberation
as Self · 1967
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage) · 2019
The Apollo
as Self (archive footage) · 2019
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
as Self (archive footage) · 1974
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage) · 2013
Stand
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
· 1992
John Lewis: Good Trouble
as Self (archive footage) · 2020
All Power to the People!
as Self (archive footage) · 1996
Malcolm X and the Sudanese
as Self · 2020
The Negro and the American Promise
· 1963
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
as Self (archive footage) · 2018
Motherland
as Self (archive footage) · 2010
The Real Malcolm X
· 1992
a.k.a. Cassius Clay
as Self · 1970
Black Power Salute
as Self (archive footage) · 2008
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2002
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
as Self (archive footage) · 2007
Dynamite Chicken
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1971
Death Scenes 2
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1992
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
as Self (archive footage) · 2001
Four Died Trying: Prologue
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
King vs. the United States of America
as Self (archive footage)
The Making Of
as Self (archival) · 2026
Black Women, Sexual Politics and the Revolution
as Himself (archive) · 1992
A Decade of Struggle
as Self · 1980
Walk in My Shoes
as Self · 1961
Malcolm X
as Self (archive footage) · 1972
When Tariq Ali Met Malcolm X
as Self (archive footage) · 2019
Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
· 2018
Burn Motherfucker, Burn!
as Self (archive footage) · 2017
The Hate That Hate Produced
as Himself · 1959
America's Woman
as Self · 2024
COINTELPRO 101
as Self (archive footage) · 2010
A Tribute to Malcolm X
as Self (archive footage) · 1967
Born of the People: Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X
· 1975
Barney's Wall
as Self (archive footage) · 2019
apocalipse dos animais
as Self (arquive footage) · 2026