Spike Lee
1) Malcolm X
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Born Malcolm Little, his minister father was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. He became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. After getting 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, having...
2) 25th hour
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Monty Brogan, due to surrender himself to the federal prison where he has been sentenced to seven years for drug dealing, spends his last twenty-four hours as a free man in the company of his two best friends, Frank, a rich bond trader, and Jackob, an English teacher.
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The FBI has made possible a reassembling of the history of Malcolm X that goes beyond any previous research. From the opening of his file in March of 1953 to his assassination in 1965, the story of Malcolm X's political life is a gripping one.
Shortly after he was released from a Boston prison in 1953, the FBI watched every move Malcolm X made. Their files on him totaled more than 3,600 pages, covering every facet of his life. Viewing the file...
Shortly after he was released from a Boston prison in 1953, the FBI watched every move Malcolm X made. Their files on him totaled more than 3,600 pages, covering every facet of his life. Viewing the file...
4) Drop squad
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The DROP Squad is an outlaw organization that abducts and "deprograms" African Americans who exploit and/or deny their cultural heritage. But as the group's methods become increasingly violent, its charismatic leader must wrestle with a disturbing question: has his organization lost its way as surely as the brothers and sisters they seek to reform?