When comparing and contrasting movies and books, the majority of the time the book presents more of a detailed atmosphere and illustration of events. However, in this case I think the book, "Autobiography of Malcolm X" and the movie, "Malcolm X" quoin side with one another.

Spike Lee is not only one of the best filmmakers in America, but one of the most crucially important, because his films address the central subject of race, as so does the book. He doesn't use a sentimental approach or political work, but shows how his characters lived, and why. Alex Haley depiction of Malcolm X life as told to him by Malcolm, shares the same perception as the movie, but what Alex provides in the book seems to be almost or all Malcolm's different interactions with "white folks", and each interaction Malcolm gained something from it - whether it was positive or negative - and that is one of the things that attracted me to his life story.

During that stage of his life, in the late 1940s, he......

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Title: A Comparison Between The Book And Movie: Malcolm X
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