Malcolm X

7/14/2025

Regardless of your views on the sheer zealousness of this documentary, it does provide a fascinating, archive backed, insight into the power of oratory. Europeans had already experienced this kind of preaching to those without hope, or certainly with a perception that they have little left to lose, but to witness such a well documented and sustained attack on the state of not just American society, but the broader non-Muslim one across the globe is a thought-provoking thing. The legitimacy of some of the assertions made here would challenge even the most enthusiastic of his supporters but there can be no doubt about the power of his charisma and personality as he convinced many that his was the only way to achieve societal parity. It follows his career from his Harlem days (when he was ha