Today we celebrate Civil Rights Leader Doctor Martin Luther King. I can do no justice to Dr. King’s career with a sentence or two in an intro. Suffice it to say; King played the lead role in the 1950s and 60s helping African-Americans make a giant leap towards equal rights. King’s famous “I have a dream” speech is the stuff of legend. Martin Luther King not only led a movement but changed the course of history for an entire genre of humans.
In honor of Martin Luther King here are seven great films with civil rights as a unifying theme.
6. Malcolm X • 1992
Directed by Spike Lee, Malcolm X features a dominant performance by Denzel Washington as the civil rights leader. Malcolm X proves to be a complicated figure who rises and falls like any hero. But a hero to some is an enemy to others. Lee’s Malcolm X is loosely based on The Autobiography Of Malcolm X and pulls few punches when it comes to examining the life and times of Malcolm X.
