An enlightening documentary portrait of the African American militant leader (1925-65), including his spiritual transformation through the discovery of the Muslim religion and newsreels of his speeches. Ossie Davis recreates his stirring funeral eulogy. James Earl Jones narrates. Written and directed by Arnold Perl (1914-1971), whose script was later used by Spike Lee for his 1992 biopic.

PG, 91 min., 1972. Closed captions (CC) not available for this film.