How 'Oginga Odinga of Kenya' Became Malcolm X's Favorite Song
A song composed about the fearless Oginga Odinga told a story of how he stood in solidarity with Civil Rights activists in protest of racial segregation in America.
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A song composed about the fearless Oginga Odinga told a story of how he stood in solidarity with Civil Rights activists in protest of racial segregation in America.
He's done it his way. >> "malcolm x's" really impressive achievement in terms of not being one of these small, independent, emergent new voices connected to hip-hop, but instead a big-budget 3 hour 20 minute epic about a very important african-american figure. >> i asked if he was worried the movie would not appeal to a broad audience. >> if it's good enough, people are going to come. the minute black artists start thinking about crossover, start diluting the work, watering it down and the work suffers. >> when we look at the john singletons and the spikes, all the way across the board, this b...
Wednesday, and that's what opening day crowds paid out to see "malcolm x." >> it's hard to miss the phenomenon called spike lee. spike lee is a black man who has reached the top of white culture. he's done it his way. >> "malcolm x's" really impressive achievement in terms of not being one of these small, independent, emergent new voices connected to hip-hop, but instead a big-budget 3 hour 20 minute epic about a very important african-american figure. >> i asked if he was worried the movie would not appeal to a broad audience. >> if it's good enough, people are going to come. the minute black...
Made, i thought the miff i haov brilliant. i had a slight problem with denzel washington is a genius because he's darker skin and having light skin was part of malcolm "x's" character. if you're looking at someone like that, maybe the casting was odd because his whole personality had to do with his complexion. but this isn't a documentary. it's about a fictional pretend creature that's a fish. >> and even the crazy lady that's tweeting out the tweet you just read, how many white people have actually played real black people? you've had white actors play michael jackson and other people. how of...
Opening day crowds paid out to see "malcolm x." >> it's hard to miss the phenomenon called spike lee. spike lee is a black man who has reached the top of white culture. he's done it his way. >> "malcolm x's" really impressive achievement in terms of not being one of these small, independent, emergent new voices connected to hip-hop, but instead a big-budget 3 hour 20 minute epic about a very important african-american figure. >> i asked if he was worried the movie would not appeal to a broad audience. >> if it's good enough, people are going to come. the minute black artists start thinking abo...