This three-page paper analyzes the movie, Malcolm X, and examines how Spike Lee and Denzel Washington portrayed the life of the slain civil rights leader. The author also evaluates the movie's historical accuracy and its significance, and concludes that Malcolm X is a valuable resource, for Malcolm X's experiences were very representative of what countless African-Americans have experienced in their own lives. The movie is not one-hundred percent historically accurate, mostly because Malcolm X was a controversial figure whose character, personality, achievements, and politics have been interpreted differently.