Malcolm X: Make It Plain

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

150 mins | Documentary, History | Jan. 26, 1994

Narrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood, through his rise in the ranks of the Nation of Islam, to his 1965 assassination.

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

150 mins | Documentary, History | Jan. 26, 1994

Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Narrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood, through his rise in the ranks of the Nation of Islam, to his 1965 assassination.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers C. Fénix Films, Blackside, Inc., WGBH Educational Foundation
Original title Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Directors Orlando Bagwell
Writers Steve Bagwell, Steve Fayer, Orlando Bagwell

Cast

Alfre Woodard

as Narrator

Maya Angelou

as Self

Ossie Davis

as Self

Alex Haley

as Self

Betty Shabazz

as Self

Cyril McGuire

as Self

Mike Wallace

as Self

Peter Goldman

as Self

Benjamin 2X

as Self

Sharon 10X

as Self