Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “Malcolm X”

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James Baldwin

There were many versions written for this film but ultimately Lee chose to go with Baldwin’s. He wrote the script over the course of two years and completed it in 1971 with co-writer Arnold Perl, who passed away that year. His family asked that his name not be attached.

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