Ambrose Lane discusses Spike Lee's film biography of the controversial African-American leader Malcolm X. Includes listener phone-ins. Lane opens with his personal impression about the film, and urges everyone to see it. Denzel Washington's portrayal of Malcolm, he notes, was outstanding, as was the entire cast. Lane goes on to look at the mid-sixties as a period of political assassination, then opens the phones. Listener phone-ins address the film, Malcolm X, race relations in Los Angeles, and the need to rebuild Los Angeles.|MALCOLM X : THE MOVIE / Ambrose Lane. - SERIES: We ourselves Ambrose Lane discusses Spike Lee's film biography of the controversial African-American leader Malcolm X. Includes listener phone-ins. Lane opens with his personal impression about the film, and urges everyone to see it. Denzel Washington's portrayal of Malcolm, he notes, was outstanding, as was the entire cast. Lane goes on to look at the mid-sixties as a period of political assassination, then opens the phones. Listener phone-ins address the film, Malcolm X, race relations in Los Angeles, and the need to rebuild Los Angeles. - RECORDED: KPFK, 18 Nov. 1992.
