![]() ![]() It also recounts cultural and personal moments - the killing of Emmett Till being one - that led a teen in Louisville, KY, to question white supremacy. ![]() ![]() “Blood Brothers” recounts the now-familiar events that led Malcolm Little to the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X lit fires with a rhetoric and a spiritual vision that had roots in Marcus Garvey’s Pan Africanism and flourished in Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam. Although Malcolm X was 16 years older, there were similarities. The duo envisioned by “One Night in Miami” were nearing the end of their deep bond when they celebrated Cassius Clay’s victory over Sonny Liston in the 1964 heavyweight title bout. The result is thought-provoking, resonant, often touching. Clarke used Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith’s “Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X” as a touchstone for this documentary - available on Netflix - but also brought his own insights as a Black man in America to the work. It stings, too, with its exploration of two iconic, uncompromising figures who were friends for (the film persuasively argues) too short a spell. “ Blood Brothers” floats on perceptive interviews, rich archival photos and pointed newsreel footage. ![]()
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