Malcolm X

‘Malcolm X’ at 30: Spike Lee Reflects on Winning the Fight to Make His Masterpiece

’90s Week: The filmmaker tells IndieWire how he poured everything he had learned about cinema, politics, behavior and culture into one 201-minute Molotov cocktail of epic filmmaking.

Aug 18, 2022 10:00 am /

Film / By Zack Sharf

William Jackson Harper: Trump Executive Order Scared Military Groups from Screening ‘Malcolm X’

An intended screening of Spike Lee’s epic got thrown a curveball because of Trump’s “Executive Order Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping.”

Oct 6, 2020 12:18 pm /

Television / By Ben Travers

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‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Shows That Spike Lee’s Still Pissed About the ‘Malcolm X’ Oscars Loss

The director’s lead character recites Lee’s Oscars theory about Denzel Washington — nearly word-for-word — in the premiere episode of “She’s Gotta Have It.”

Nov 23, 2017 9:00 am /

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Malcolm X

‘Malcolm X’ at 30: Spike Lee Reflects on Winning the Fight to Make His Masterpiece

William Jackson Harper: Trump Executive Order Scared Military Groups from Screening ‘Malcolm X’

‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Shows That Spike Lee’s Still Pissed About the ‘Malcolm X’ Oscars Loss

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