Malcolm X 👓

Happy Thursday. I’m continuing my recommendations of films from Black directors in support of the Black Lives Matter protests this week. Stay safe, speak out, and look out for each other. If you can, please donate.

Today’s movie is Malcolm X (1992)—streaming on Netflix. This biopic from legendary director Spike Lee, whose new film Da 5 Bloods premieres on Netflix next week, earned Denzel Washington a nomination for Best Actor, which he lost in one of the more perplexing Oscar choices. He’d later go on to become the second Black actor to win in the category for Training Day. Sidney Poitier was the first winning in 1962 for Lillies of the Field.