Filmmaker Spike Lee, stars Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett and other talents vividly portray the life and times of the visionary leader. Spike Lee\'s film about the life of the controversial black leader Malcolm X, who emerged from the streets to become a powerful voice for the black rights movement in America. The film follows X (Denzel Washington) from his days as a Harlem pusher, through his conversion to Islam in prison, his pilgrimage to Mecca and finally to his assassination.