film "Malcolm X" (1992)

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biographical drama film film

The 1992 film "Malcolm X" is a biographical drama directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington that chronicles the life, activism, and assassination of the influential African-American leader Malcolm X.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biographical drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn The Autobiography of Malcolm X ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Alex Haley ⓘ
Malcolm X NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy Ernest Dickerson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Spike Lee ⓘ
distributedBy Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
distributorRegion North America ⓘ
editedBy Barry Alexander Brown ⓘ
filmingLocation Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Mecca ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasTheme Black nationalism ⓘ
political activism ⓘ
racial justice ⓘ
religious conversion ⓘ
leadActorRole Denzel Washington ⓘ
surface form: Denzel Washington as Malcolm X
musicBy Terence Blanchard ⓘ
narrativeFocus activism of Malcolm X ⓘ
assassination of Malcolm X ⓘ
life of Malcolm X ⓘ
notableAwardNomination Academy Award for Best Actor for Denzel Washington ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays Nation of Islam ⓘ
civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ
producer Marvin Worth ⓘ
Spike Lee ⓘ
productionCompany 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ⓘ
Vivendi Universal Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: JVC Entertainment Networks

Largo International N.V. ⓘ
ratingMPAA PG-13 ⓘ
releaseDate 1992-11-18 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 201 ⓘ
screenwriter Arnold Perl NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spike Lee ⓘ
settingPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
starring Al Freeman Jr. ⓘ
Albert Hall ⓘ
Angela Bassett ⓘ
Delroy Lindo ⓘ
Denzel Washington ⓘ
Spike Lee ⓘ
subject Malcolm X NERFINISHED ⓘ

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X → adaptedInto → film "Malcolm X" (1992) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malcolm X (1992 film)
Malcolm X → subjectOf → film "Malcolm X" (1992) ⓘ