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...Spike Lee's film is important because it advances the debate about the image of Malcolm X. It will take some time before it is clear what we should think about him. He had said, in an interview the day before his assassination, that the Black Muslims, whom he thought were pursuing him, needed to shatter his image because it had become too attractive to Black folk in the streets. Spike Lee has begun the painstaking work needed to restore that image. The real test for Lee, in my opinion, was to preserve the complexity...
...Spoke at Harvard three times between 1961 and 1965 and that various members of the faculty met, talked with and listened to him. Dean Archie C. Epps III and Professor Roger D. Fisher moderated two of Malcolm X's speeches. Here are their reflections on the man and Spike Lee's of image...
After months of controversy and more media coverage than any event this fall, with the possible exception of the presidential election, Malcolm X, Spike Lee's 3-hr. 21-min. epic about the martyred black leader, has finally arrived on the big screen. For Lee and for millions of African Americans, Malcolm X has always been more than just a movie. It is, in fact, a cause. In the 27 years since his assassination, Malcolm has become a revered icon in the black community. Young blacks in particular, idolize his philosophy of pride and defiance...
...Spike Lee's movie has special meaning for African Americans...
...think that it's such a radical idea. In fourth grade I had to go see Gone With the Wind for a class trip and then write a report on the history of the Civil War according to that film. Many people have come up to me and said, "Spike, I was taking the day off anyway, even before you said that." And they're going to go. I think there'll be black families in droves. That was our intent. That's why the film is rated PG-13. I've never made a PG-13 film before, ever...