Malcolm lies on his bed, and for the first time WE SEE the strain in 
	his face, it has begun to take its toll, he's a haunted man. A doomed 
	man. CAMERA HAS GONE IN for a TIGHT CLOSE SHOT of Malcolm's face: a hardened MALCOLM (contd) 
		What can I do for you?
 
				BENJAMIN he has come to the essence of a hustle.
 
				MALCOLM 
		Come on, daddy, pull my coat. What happens if Young Malcolm stares at his father while the house still burns behind 
	him, no doubt drawing on the great courage displayed by his father.
 
				EARL The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) Malcolm just about makes it. The guard is in half-focus. MALCOLM 
		Where is he?
 
	The police respond with a squeeze play intended to intimidate Malcolm: MALCOLM 
		Who is he, man?
 
				BARTENDER Malcolm has stopped in his tracks, like some unseen force has overcome 
	him which prevents him from moving. Malcolm is paralyzed.

	CLOSER - MALCOLM'S FACE His hands full, Cholly opens the door with his feet and MALCOLM comes 
	out, a big, gawky, bright-faced country boy, wearing downhome clothes MALCOLM (contd) 
		Shorty!
 
	The crowd turns to Shorty, sitting embarrassedly in the audience. Malcolm holds a letter in his hand. He reads it carefully. He has read 
	it several times before. MALCOLM 
		What's your story, baby?
 
	He doesn't want to hear her; he wants to talk. He goes right on: Malcolm drives by. 

	ANGLE - STREET 

	Malcolm parks his car, it's four blocks away. He turns off the ignition 
	and sits there. Malcolm is studying the dictionary, the last of the "a's": the words
	azimuth, Azores, Aztec, azure, etc. He reads a word, then holds his MALCOLM 
		Long day. Long night. Long year. Long ten years.
 
	He smiles. She doesn't. Malcolm was our manhood, our living black 
		manhood. That was his meaning to his people and 
		in honoring him we honor the best in ourselves. The old man is asleep.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) 
		You know all the angles except how to live. Malcolm finally gets out of the car, locks the door and walks a couple 
	of steps, then stops. 

	CLOSE - MALCOLM
Young Malcolm stares at his father while the house still burns behind 
	him, no doubt drawing on the great courage displayed by his father.
 
				EARL Malcolm lies on his bed, and for the first time WE SEE the strain in 
	his face, it has begun to take its toll, he's a haunted man. A doomed 
	man. Malcolm mumbles something. He then kisses Sophia as if his black life 
	depended on it and he commences to kill it. Malcolm has stopped in his tracks, like some unseen force has overcome 
	him which prevents him from moving. Malcolm is paralyzed.

	CLOSER - MALCOLM'S FACE CAMERA HAS GONE IN for a TIGHT CLOSE SHOT of Malcolm's face: a hardened He stares at her.
 
				MALCOLM 
		Nothing!
 
	CLOSE - COED

	She is absolutely crushed and runs away in tears. The old man is asleep.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) 
		You know all the angles except how to live. waiting to see Malcolm's body, where it lies before burial.
 
				OSSIE DAVIS'S VOICE: (contd) Malcolm just about makes it. The guard is in half-focus. VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) 
		My father dedicated his life to his beliefs 
		because he had seen four of his six brothers an insane asylum or dead.
 
	ANGLE - The audience carefully listening.
 
				MALCOLM MALCOLM 
		That ain't bad.
 
				SHORTY 
		Tell him about Baldy. is another fix. I thought you were smart.
 
	And he is gone. Malcolm stands looking after him, a long thoughtful The father-son thing is back, but Malcolm will never again be the 
	student.
 
				MALCOLM The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) MALCOLM 
		Where is he?
 
	The police respond with a squeeze play intended to intimidate Malcolm: CLOSE - MALCOLM
 
	Stoned, his nose running, Malcolm stares out of the window at the MALCOLM (contd) 
		Shorty!
 
	The crowd turns to Shorty, sitting embarrassedly in the audience. The contrast is shocking: Malcolm tall and straight; Archie ruined.
 
				MALCOLM brings it crashing down on Fox's head. As he lays on the floor with 
	head bleeding, Malcolm kicks him in the stomach _two times_. It's done,
Malcolm opens his eyes, she has brought him out of it. He looks at her 
	but doesn't answer.
 
				OLD WOMAN (contd) Malcolm knocks on the door of Evelyn Williams, one of the two 
	secretaries/wives. She opens the door and has child in her arms. His hands full, Cholly opens the door with his feet and MALCOLM comes 
	out, a big, gawky, bright-faced country boy, wearing downhome clothes Are you okay?
 
	Malcolm looks at this old woman, who slightly resembles his own mother.
 
				MALCOLM Malcolm is sweating and flushed and enormously elated. He sees that 
	people are watching him, goading him on. He notices that Sophia, in MALCOLM 
		Yeah, she's alive.
 
31 	OMIT MALCOLM 
		Ain't gonna be this mother.
 
	Sammy goes. She is a pretty, mature woman and white-looking.
 
				VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) She is unaware of Malcolm.
 
				HONEY
		Ain't that him now? The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) MALCOLM 
		No, my mama. She's from Grenada.
 
				ARCHIE MALCOLM 
		Where is he?
 
	The police respond with a squeeze play intended to intimidate Malcolm: MALCOLM (contd) 
		I said now.
 
	She leaves. He leans his head back against the booth -- Malcolm has stopped in his tracks, like some unseen force has overcome 
	him which prevents him from moving. Malcolm is paralyzed.

	CLOSER - MALCOLM'S FACE Only the faintest light comes into the hideous room, which consists of 
	a mattress and a slop bucket. If Malcolm were to stretch out his arms, Malcolm mumbles something. He then kisses Sophia as if his black life 
	depended on it and he commences to kill it. SEVERAL ARE SEEN. A WHITE WOMEN comes up to one to interview her 
	(bargain with her). Malcolm's voice is heard before he is seen, Malcolm lies on his bed, and for the first time WE SEE the strain in 
	his face, it has begun to take its toll, he's a haunted man. A doomed 
	man. Oh, Malcolm, I love you. Please, there's no one 
		around. Now?
 
	Malcolm turns his head from her, he gets up. Malcolm is talking before an all-black audience. It is the largest 
	rally yet; the hall is packed to the rafters.
Now say it.
 
				MALCOLM 
		I'm Malcolm Little, not no goddam number. Malcolm is listening to him now.
 
				BEMBRY (contd) 
		What's your name, boy? ANGLE ON MALCOLM
 
				MALCOLM 
		I'm not Malcolm Little and I'm not Satan. Malcolm was our manhood, our living black 
		manhood. That was his meaning to his people and 
		in honoring him we honor the best in ourselves. MALCOLM 
			(quoting Bembry back to himself) MALCOLM 
		For the white man to ask the black man if he 
		hates him is just like the rapist asking the The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) he describes:
 
				MALCOLM'S VOICE
		Today, with thousands of others, I proclaimed Malcolm is addressing a HUGE AUDIENCE. His tone is more intense, more 
	personal than before, because of his recent encounters. In the that's what the white man wants you to do. Look 
		at you.
 
	These last words are spoken sharply with disgust. Malcolm turns his Malcolm is studying the dictionary, the last of the "a's": the words
	azimuth, Azores, Aztec, azure, etc. He reads a word, then holds his over the reading, giving it ironic emphasis.
 
				MALCOLM 
		That's bullshit. That's a white man's book. MALCOLM (contd) 
		Come on up here, man, and give us some skin. 
		Here's a man, brothers and sisters, who shot God. I'm telling you, boy, that God is black.
 
				MALCOLM 
		What? Everybody knows God is White. Malcolm laughs. He likes and admires the man. Then caught by a passage 
	he does not understand:
 
				MALCOLM Malcolm is drying his hair, finishing his conk. But some of what Bembry 
	has said disturbs him.
 
				MALCOLM Many stand, some walk toward the podium speaking his name: "I'm with 
	you, Brother Malcolm," "Praise Allah," "Me, Brother Malcolm." MALCOLM 
		What's your story, baby?
 
	He doesn't want to hear her; he wants to talk. He goes right on: are. You're nothing. Less than nothing. A zero. 
		Who are you?
 
	CLOSE SHOT - MALCOLM Malcolm holds a letter in his hand. He reads it carefully. He has read 
	it several times before.
Malcolm is listening to him now.
 
				BEMBRY (contd) 
		What's your name, boy? Malcolm is listening closely. Bembry puts an arm around him, man-to-man.
 
				BEMBRY (contd) His hands full, Cholly opens the door with his feet and MALCOLM comes 
	out, a big, gawky, bright-faced country boy, wearing downhome clothes Malcolm is sweating and flushed and enormously elated. He sees that 
	people are watching him, goading him on. He notices that Sophia, in Malcolm scanning the faces of his audience as they react. He sees 
	someone he knows and blurts out boyishly (and winningly): Malcolm was our manhood, our living black 
		manhood. That was his meaning to his people and 
		in honoring him we honor the best in ourselves. Malcolm is studying the dictionary, the last of the "a's": the words
	azimuth, Azores, Aztec, azure, etc. He reads a word, then holds his Malcolm, trying to touch him. He is the hero of the hour. Sidney, Earl, 
	and Benjamin with him, enjoying the accolades and trying to help Malcolm has stopped in his tracks, like some unseen force has overcome 
	him which prevents him from moving. Malcolm is paralyzed.

	CLOSER - MALCOLM'S FACE Malcolm just about makes it. The guard is in half-focus. Malcolm is walking the streets of Harlem like he is campaigning for 
	office. He has Brothers Sidney, Earl, and Benjamin at his side, a CROWD Malcolm is looking at himself in a mirror in Archie's room. He has on 
	the full outfit now, together with a new white on white shirt and a 
	Sulka tie. Looks great. Malcolm, newly conked and sharp as a tack (zoot suit, trouser crease 
	like a knife's edge, orange knob-toed shoes) walks toward his goal: A BOY in extreme zoot-suit flips him; a WHITE GIRL in long blond
	hair wigs him. Malcolm is a little open-mouthed. CLOSE - MALCOLM
 
	Stoned, his nose running, Malcolm stares out of the window at the Malcolm is drying his hair, finishing his conk. But some of what Bembry 
	has said disturbs him.
 
				MALCOLM Malcolm acknowledges the greetings, strolls down in the bar. It's 
	immediately clear that a subtle change has come over him. He is no Bembry standing nearby. Malcolm turns away, trying to find solace in 
	the water. He wants no part of the world or anyone, just to be left 
	alone. The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) Malcolm lies on his bed, and for the first time WE SEE the strain in 
	his face, it has begun to take its toll, he's a haunted man. A doomed 
	man.
VOICE OF MALCOLM X 
		Fourteen counts of 8 to 10 years.
 
				JUDGE The sentences to run concurrently.
 
				VOICE OF MALCOLM X 
		Shorty thought he hit us with 114 years till I Malcolm is alone at the bars: the hope of freedom filling his mind.
 
	Malcolm pulls at the bars, tries to shake them in impotent fury. He 8 to 10 years; count three, 8 to 10 years...
 
	He continues giving them 8 to 10 years, behind Malcolm's comment: explained what concurrently meant. It meant a 
		minimum sentence of 10 years hard labor at the 
		Charlestown State Prison. The date was February still in prison.
 
	Malcolm is putting the conk into his hair now.
 
				MALCOLM MALCOLM 
		Long day. Long night. Long year. Long ten years.
 
	He smiles. She doesn't. A whistle sounds, ending the work shift. The inmates quickly file out 
	into the yard. Bembry stays. Malcolm is half decided. that's what the white man wants you to do. Look 
		at you.
 
	These last words are spoken sharply with disgust. Malcolm turns his Malcolm sits, toweling himself as the spice hits him. For the first, he 
	smiles; this is the first relief he has tasted in prison. He at Bembry Now say it.
 
				MALCOLM 
		I'm Malcolm Little, not no goddam number. MALCOLM 
		I've been clean for twelve years, Shorty.
 
				SHORTY 104	INT. SOLITARY - NIGHT
 
	It is almost pitch black. We can almost smell the stench of the room. 
	Malcolm sits stony-faced, his back against a wall. MALCOLM 
		Where is he?
 
	The police respond with a squeeze play intended to intimidate Malcolm: He sees a black convict, CHUCK, nearby and calls over:
 
				MALCOLM (contd) 
		Hey, whatsa score? PRISONERS who have been watching Malcolm during the scene. They whisper 
	surreptitiously without moving their bodies, and barely moving their MALCOLM 
		Man, you been locked up too long, everybody 
		conks. All the cats. The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) Malcolm holds a letter in his hand. He reads it carefully. He has read 
	it several times before. SIMMONS. A BLACK BARBER - SLIM sits by. Both are convicts. NOTE: 
	Malcolm now wears glasses, all that reading in his badly lit cell has
The machines are idle; no one is in the room but Malcolm. He starts 
	to reach inside his jacket when Barnes sticks his head in. Malcolm is listening to him now.
 
				BEMBRY (contd) 
		What's your name, boy? Malcolm is listening closely. Bembry puts an arm around him, man-to-man.
 
				BEMBRY (contd) Malcolm acknowledges the greetings, strolls down in the bar. It's 
	immediately clear that a subtle change has come over him. He is no MALCOLM 
		0h, yes, there is. I know a lot about you.
		Brother Bembry briefed me. Malcolm shows no flicker of interest or understanding.
 
				BEMBRY (contd) 
		I brought you something. Malcolm and Bembry standing close together. The feeling is of someone 
	taking communion: with Bembry the minister and Malcolm the communicant. to the other prisoners. Malcolm is painting the plates, a little 
	removed from Bembry, but listening with interest. Barnes, with rifle, 
	idles by a window. Malcolm doesn't understand, but he senses something -- and becomes 
	excited. Archie has walked over to him.
 
				ARCHIE (contd) The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) Malcolm is drying his hair, finishing his conk. But some of what Bembry 
	has said disturbs him.
 
				MALCOLM Malcolm lies on his bed, and for the first time WE SEE the strain in 
	his face, it has begun to take its toll, he's a haunted man. A doomed 
	man. He smacks the small of his back. Then, reaching under his coat, he 
	takes a revolver out from the middle of his back. And hands it to 
	Malcolm. Malcolm sits, toweling himself as the spice hits him. For the first, he 
	smiles; this is the first relief he has tasted in prison. He at Bembry MALCOLM 
		What in the hell are you talking about?
 
	He begins to conk his hair, but is paying attention to what Bembry is Bembry smiles at Malcolm. He is a remarkable man who always takes 
	careful measure of his listener. He never talks down to his audience; MALCOLM (contd) 
		What can I do for you?
 
				BENJAMIN Malcolm holds a letter in his hand. He reads it carefully. He has read 
	it several times before. Malcolm opens his eyes, she has brought him out of it. He looks at her 
	but doesn't answer.
 
				OLD WOMAN (contd) Malcolm is listening to Bembry's intent statement.
 
				BEMBRY (contd) 
		We were a race of kings when the white men went
Malcolm was our manhood, our living black 
		manhood. That was his meaning to his people and 
		in honoring him we honor the best in ourselves. assassination?
 
	CLOSE - MALCOLM
 
				MALCOLM On his desk is the black headlines: MALCOLM X CALLS ASSASSINATION 
	"CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST." Elijah's health is getting worse, his Malcolm is talking before an all-black audience. It is the largest 
	rally yet; the hall is packed to the rafters. had intimacies with Elijah Muhammad since 
		1957..."
 
				MALCOLM Malcolm is addressing a HUGE AUDIENCE. His tone is more intense, more 
	personal than before, because of his recent encounters. In the VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) 
		...three killed by white men and one lynched. MALCOLM (contd) 
		Now they have strangled one of the gardeners. 
		This is the justice of Allah. Wa-Salaam Alaikum. The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) Malcolm mumbles something. He then kisses Sophia as if his black life 
	depended on it and he commences to kill it. Malcolm sits in front of a television screen and watches the evening 
	news. The following speech will be INTERCUT with 

	A SERIES OF OLD NEWSREEL FOOTAGE - BLACK & WHITE around, involved in the ritual. For Malcolm it is closer to being a 
	kind of execution.
 
				CHOLLY Malcolm looks out the living room window, he has a rifle in hand. 
	(NOTE: This is the same pose as the famous photograph of him.) He MALCOLM (contd) 
		Before there were any such things as Democrats 
		or Republicans, we were black. Before there Malcolm is studying the dictionary, the last of the "a's": the words
	azimuth, Azores, Aztec, azure, etc. He reads a word, then holds his 196 	EXT. STREET - DAY
 
	Malcolm drives past the Audubon Ballroom, people are going in but no 
	cops are present. MALCOLM (contd) 
		Shorty!
 
	The crowd turns to Shorty, sitting embarrassedly in the audience. waiting to see Malcolm's body, where it lies before burial.
 
				OSSIE DAVIS'S VOICE: (contd) Malcolm is listening to Bembry's intent statement.
 
				BEMBRY (contd) 
		We were a race of kings when the white men went Malcolm lies on his bed, and for the first time WE SEE the strain in 
	his face, it has begun to take its toll, he's a haunted man. A doomed 
	man.
Malcolm is talking before an all-black audience. It is the largest 
	rally yet; the hall is packed to the rafters. Malcolm was our manhood, our living black 
		manhood. That was his meaning to his people and 
		in honoring him we honor the best in ourselves. assassination?
 
	CLOSE - MALCOLM
 
				MALCOLM (from the church and from the maids' market) are scattered in Malcolm's 
	audience.
 
	The headquarters itself shows the progress Malcolm has made. It is waiting to see Malcolm's body, where it lies before burial.
 
				OSSIE DAVIS'S VOICE: (contd) The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) Malcolm, where are you? We've been calling all 
		over the city.
 
	INTERCUT between Malcolm and Brother Earl. 196 	EXT. STREET - DAY
 
	Malcolm drives past the Audubon Ballroom, people are going in but no 
	cops are present. On his desk is the black headlines: MALCOLM X CALLS ASSASSINATION 
	"CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST." Elijah's health is getting worse, his Malcolm mumbles something. He then kisses Sophia as if his black life 
	depended on it and he commences to kill it. 190A 	EXT. STREET - DAY
 
	Malcolm drives to the Audubon Ballroom. MALCOLM (contd) 
		Now they have strangled one of the gardeners. 
		This is the justice of Allah. Wa-Salaam Alaikum. Malcolm is in deep thought as he drives.
 
194A 	INT. AUDUBON BALLROOM - DAY Malcolm lies on his bed, and for the first time WE SEE the strain in 
	his face, it has begun to take its toll, he's a haunted man. A doomed 
	man. Malcolm is addressing a HUGE AUDIENCE. His tone is more intense, more 
	personal than before, because of his recent encounters. In the Malcolm sits in front of a television screen and watches the evening 
	news. The following speech will be INTERCUT with 

	A SERIES OF OLD NEWSREEL FOOTAGE - BLACK & WHITE Many stand, some walk toward the podium speaking his name: "I'm with 
	you, Brother Malcolm," "Praise Allah," "Me, Brother Malcolm." Malcolm acknowledges the greetings, strolls down in the bar. It's 
	immediately clear that a subtle change has come over him. He is no Malcolm is sweating and flushed and enormously elated. He sees that 
	people are watching him, goading him on. He notices that Sophia, in Malcolm slips it carefully into the small of his back, behind his 
	trouser belt. His first gun: the feeling shines in his eyes, Bogart has 
	become a black man.
Malcolm is listening to him now.
 
				BEMBRY (contd) 
		What's your name, boy? Malcolm is studying the dictionary, the last of the "a's": the words
	azimuth, Azores, Aztec, azure, etc. He reads a word, then holds his Malcolm is sweating and flushed and enormously elated. He sees that 
	people are watching him, goading him on. He notices that Sophia, in Malcolm acknowledges the greetings, strolls down in the bar. It's 
	immediately clear that a subtle change has come over him. He is no MALCOLM (contd) 
		We need more young warriors like yourself, 
		stick around and we shall see if your heart is 
		true. around him kept him pure, the devil said remove 
		the hedge and he will curse his maker. 
		Malcolm, your hedge has been removed and I Malcolm laughs. He likes and admires the man. Then caught by a passage 
	he does not understand:
 
				MALCOLM The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) MALCOLM 
		0h, yes, there is. I know a lot about you.
		Brother Bembry briefed me. Malcolm is listening closely. Bembry puts an arm around him, man-to-man.
 
				BEMBRY (contd) MALCOLM (contd) 
		Shorty!
 
	The crowd turns to Shorty, sitting embarrassedly in the audience. that's what the white man wants you to do. Look 
		at you.
 
	These last words are spoken sharply with disgust. Malcolm turns his Malcolm lies on his bed, and for the first time WE SEE the strain in 
	his face, it has begun to take its toll, he's a haunted man. A doomed 
	man. MALCOLM 
		Who is he, man?
 
				BARTENDER is another fix. I thought you were smart.
 
	And he is gone. Malcolm stands looking after him, a long thoughtful CAMERA HAS GONE IN for a TIGHT CLOSE SHOT of Malcolm's face: a hardened MALCOLM (contd) 
		Do you?
 
				BENJAMIN Malcolm slips it carefully into the small of his back, behind his 
	trouser belt. His first gun: the feeling shines in his eyes, Bogart has 
	become a black man. MALCOLM (contd) 
		Now kiss my feet. Kiss 'em!
 
	CLOSE - SOPHIA Malcolm is addressing a HUGE AUDIENCE. His tone is more intense, more 
	personal than before, because of his recent encounters. In the
MALCOLM 
		Shorty, this is Laura.
 
Laura is flushed and out of breath and joyous. Malcolm is sweating and flushed and enormously elated. He sees that 
	people are watching him, goading him on. He notices that Sophia, in Malcolm opens his eyes, she has brought him out of it. He looks at her 
	but doesn't answer.
 
				OLD WOMAN (contd) audience, sitting with Bembry, is BETTY, a lovely dark-skinned woman. 
	Her interest in Malcolm (true, also, for most of the other unmarried MALCOLM 
		Long day. Long night. Long year. Long ten years.
 
	He smiles. She doesn't. MALCOLM 
		You better believe it. 

	She starts to sit down on the bed next to him. BETTY
		Yes.
 
				MALCOLM 
		Did you hear what I said? MALCOLM (contd) 
		Sit over there.

	He points to a nearby chair. Sophia makes an amiable hand-shrug and 
	complacently goes. Malcolm mumbles something. He then kisses Sophia as if his black life 
	depended on it and he commences to kill it. MALCOLM (contd) 
		Now kiss my feet. Kiss 'em!
 
	CLOSE - SOPHIA He stares at her.
 
				MALCOLM 
		Nothing!
 
	CLOSE - COED

	She is absolutely crushed and runs away in tears. Malcolm knocks on the door of Evelyn Williams, one of the two 
	secretaries/wives. She opens the door and has child in her arms. MALCOLM 
		Yeah, she's alive.
 
31 	OMIT She is unaware of Malcolm.
 
				HONEY
		Ain't that him now? MALCOLM (contd) 
		Take it off.
 
	She takes off the apron. CUT BACK TO:
 
138B 	BETTY AND MALCOLM Oh, Malcolm, I love you. Please, there's no one 
		around. Now?
 
	Malcolm turns his head from her, he gets up. MALCOLM 
		What's your story, baby?
 
	He doesn't want to hear her; he wants to talk. He goes right on: MALCOLM 
		Oh yes. Malcolm lies on his bed, and for the first time WE SEE the strain in 
	his face, it has begun to take its toll, he's a haunted man. A doomed 
	man.
MALCOLM 
		As I recall, I pointed out that while I was in 
		Mecca making the pilgrimage, I spoke about the --Malcolm, wearing the garb of a pilgrim, walks with a VAST THRONG OF 
	OTHERS, similarly clad, around the Great Temple. He wears two white 175A	MECCA - THE PILGRIMAGE
 
	MALCOLM GREETED AS HE DESCENDS FROM THE PLANE IN EGYPT 177C	--Malcolm and OTHERS walking around the Great Kaaba, a black stone set 
	in the middle of the Great Mosque. He falls to his knees. WE SEE what Malcolm acknowledges the greetings, strolls down in the bar. It's 
	immediately clear that a subtle change has come over him. He is no He continues to pray.
 
				VOICE OF MALCOLM X 
		We are told that Saul, on the road to Damascus, Malcolm is sweating and flushed and enormously elated. He sees that 
	people are watching him, goading him on. He notices that Sophia, in Malcolm is studying the dictionary, the last of the "a's": the words
	azimuth, Azores, Aztec, azure, etc. He reads a word, then holds his Benjamin weakly walks toward Malcolm and gives him his letter, which he 
	takes. The fast is wearing him out. (from the church and from the maids' market) are scattered in Malcolm's 
	audience.
 
	The headquarters itself shows the progress Malcolm has made. It is around him kept him pure, the devil said remove 
		the hedge and he will curse his maker. 
		Malcolm, your hedge has been removed and I MALCOLM (contd) 
		To the hospital.
 
	The Fruit of Islam fall in behind him, marching slowly. It takes on the around, involved in the ritual. For Malcolm it is closer to being a 
	kind of execution.
 
				CHOLLY Malcolm goes down on his knees. There are tears in his eyes as he 
	begins praying:
 
	CLOSE - MALCOLM Malcolm lies on his bed, and for the first time WE SEE the strain in 
	his face, it has begun to take its toll, he's a haunted man. A doomed 
	man. is another fix. I thought you were smart.
 
	And he is gone. Malcolm stands looking after him, a long thoughtful Malcolm, newly conked and sharp as a tack (zoot suit, trouser crease 
	like a knife's edge, orange knob-toed shoes) walks toward his goal: 177A 	--Malcolm and OTHER PILGRIMS kneeling together on a praying rug. excuses himself from a group of MUSLIMS, making his way toward Bembry.
 
				MALCOLM 
			(little out of breath) Malcolm holds a letter in his hand. He reads it carefully. He has read 
	it several times before.
Young Malcolm stares at his father while the house still burns behind 
	him, no doubt drawing on the great courage displayed by his father.
 
				EARL CAMERA HAS GONE IN for a TIGHT CLOSE SHOT of Malcolm's face: a hardened Malcolm lies on his bed, and for the first time WE SEE the strain in 
	his face, it has begun to take its toll, he's a haunted man. A doomed 
	man. Malcolm holds a letter in his hand. He reads it carefully. He has read 
	it several times before. VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) 
		My father dedicated his life to his beliefs 
		because he had seen four of his six brothers His hands full, Cholly opens the door with his feet and MALCOLM comes 
	out, a big, gawky, bright-faced country boy, wearing downhome clothes The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) Malcolm has stopped in his tracks, like some unseen force has overcome 
	him which prevents him from moving. Malcolm is paralyzed.

	CLOSER - MALCOLM'S FACE lighter-skinned, the more dominant. They walk imperiously past, fully 
	aware of their impact.
 
	CLOSE SHOT - MALCOLM The old man is asleep.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) 
		You know all the angles except how to live. Malcolm was our manhood, our living black 
		manhood. That was his meaning to his people and 
		in honoring him we honor the best in ourselves. VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd)
 		My father was not a frightened Negro as most 
		were then and as many still are today. He was MALCOLM (contd) 
		Shorty!
 
	The crowd turns to Shorty, sitting embarrassedly in the audience. MALCOLM 
		Where is he?
 
	The police respond with a squeeze play intended to intimidate Malcolm: Malcolm is studying the dictionary, the last of the "a's": the words
	azimuth, Azores, Aztec, azure, etc. He reads a word, then holds his MALCOLM 
		Who is he, man?
 
				BARTENDER Malcolm sits in front of a television screen and watches the evening 
	news. The following speech will be INTERCUT with 

	A SERIES OF OLD NEWSREEL FOOTAGE - BLACK & WHITE Malcolm just about makes it. The guard is in half-focus. MALCOLM (contd) 
		What can I do for you?
 
				BENJAMIN around, involved in the ritual. For Malcolm it is closer to being a 
	kind of execution.
 
				CHOLLY
Malcolm mumbles something. He then kisses Sophia as if his black life 
	depended on it and he commences to kill it. assassination?
 
	CLOSE - MALCOLM
 
				MALCOLM Malcolm is talking before an all-black audience. It is the largest 
	rally yet; the hall is packed to the rafters. Malcolm sits in front of a television screen and watches the evening 
	news. The following speech will be INTERCUT with 

	A SERIES OF OLD NEWSREEL FOOTAGE - BLACK & WHITE (from the church and from the maids' market) are scattered in Malcolm's 
	audience.
 
	The headquarters itself shows the progress Malcolm has made. It is waiting to see Malcolm's body, where it lies before burial.
 
				OSSIE DAVIS'S VOICE: (contd) Malcolm is in deep thought as he drives.
 
194A 	INT. AUDUBON BALLROOM - DAY Malcolm is addressing a HUGE AUDIENCE. His tone is more intense, more 
	personal than before, because of his recent encounters. In the Malcolm was our manhood, our living black 
		manhood. That was his meaning to his people and 
		in honoring him we honor the best in ourselves. MALCOLM (contd) 
		Now they have strangled one of the gardeners. 
		This is the justice of Allah. Wa-Salaam Alaikum. Malcolm lies on his bed, and for the first time WE SEE the strain in 
	his face, it has begun to take its toll, he's a haunted man. A doomed 
	man. 190A 	EXT. STREET - DAY
 
	Malcolm drives to the Audubon Ballroom. The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) Malcolm acknowledges the greetings, strolls down in the bar. It's 
	immediately clear that a subtle change has come over him. He is no Malcolm has stopped in his tracks, like some unseen force has overcome 
	him which prevents him from moving. Malcolm is paralyzed.

	CLOSER - MALCOLM'S FACE 196 	EXT. STREET - DAY
 
	Malcolm drives past the Audubon Ballroom, people are going in but no 
	cops are present. Malcolm is studying the dictionary, the last of the "a's": the words
	azimuth, Azores, Aztec, azure, etc. He reads a word, then holds his MALCOLM (contd) 
		Shorty!
 
	The crowd turns to Shorty, sitting embarrassedly in the audience. MALCOLM (contd) 
		To the hospital.
 
	The Fruit of Islam fall in behind him, marching slowly. It takes on the Malcolm drives by. 

	ANGLE - STREET 

	Malcolm parks his car, it's four blocks away. He turns off the ignition 
	and sits there.
explained what concurrently meant. It meant a 
		minimum sentence of 10 years hard labor at the 
		Charlestown State Prison. The date was February The sentences to run concurrently.
 
				VOICE OF MALCOLM X 
		Shorty thought he hit us with 114 years till I Malcolm is alone at the bars: the hope of freedom filling his mind.
 
	Malcolm pulls at the bars, tries to shake them in impotent fury. He VOICE OF MALCOLM X 
		Fourteen counts of 8 to 10 years.
 
				JUDGE still in prison.
 
	Malcolm is putting the conk into his hair now.
 
				MALCOLM SIMMONS. A BLACK BARBER - SLIM sits by. Both are convicts. NOTE: 
	Malcolm now wears glasses, all that reading in his badly lit cell has The average first offender gets two years for 
		burglary. We were all first offenders. That's 
		what Sophia and Peg drew-- Malcolm lies on his bed, and for the first time WE SEE the strain in 
	his face, it has begun to take its toll, he's a haunted man. A doomed 
	man. He sees a black convict, CHUCK, nearby and calls over:
 
				MALCOLM (contd) 
		Hey, whatsa score? A whistle sounds, ending the work shift. The inmates quickly file out 
	into the yard. Bembry stays. Malcolm is half decided. VOICE OF MALCOLM X 
		But our crime wasn't burglary. It was balling 
		white girls. They gave us the book. PRISONERS who have been watching Malcolm during the scene. They whisper 
	surreptitiously without moving their bodies, and barely moving their to the other prisoners. Malcolm is painting the plates, a little 
	removed from Bembry, but listening with interest. Barnes, with rifle, 
	idles by a window. JUDGE
		Burglary, count one -- 8 to 10 years; count two, Malcolm slips it carefully into the small of his back, behind his 
	trouser belt. His first gun: the feeling shines in his eyes, Bogart has 
	become a black man. Malcolm sits, toweling himself as the spice hits him. For the first, he 
	smiles; this is the first relief he has tasted in prison. He at Bembry He is reading on his bunk as Barnes walks by. The lights in the cell go 
	out. Malcolm looks up, annoyed at being interrupted. He shifts his 104	INT. SOLITARY - NIGHT
 
	It is almost pitch black. We can almost smell the stench of the room. 
	Malcolm sits stony-faced, his back against a wall. MALCOLM 
		Man, you been locked up too long, everybody 
		conks. All the cats. MALCOLM 
		I've been clean for twelve years, Shorty.
 
				SHORTY
That's a fact. What you do, boy?
 
				MALCOLM 
		I'm working trains. Selling. back to that train job.
 
				MALCOLM 
		I done told the man what he could do with his 
		train. VOICE OF MALCOLM X 
		My father's skull, on one side was crushed in, 
		and then laid across some tracks, for a Malcolm lies on his bed, and for the first time WE SEE the strain in 
	his face, it has begun to take its toll, he's a haunted man. A doomed 
	man. His hands full, Cholly opens the door with his feet and MALCOLM comes 
	out, a big, gawky, bright-faced country boy, wearing downhome clothes Malcolm holds a letter in his hand. He reads it carefully. He has read 
	it several times before. Earl Little's face is in the same exact position as Malcolm's from the 
	previous scene. His mouth opens in terror as the moving trolley comes Malcolm just about makes it. The guard is in half-focus. 47	EXT. 125TH STREET STATION - P.M.
 
	Malcolm, out of uniform and dressed in his zoot suit, comes down from CLOSE: - MALCOLM
 
	Malcolm quickly looks at his watch, he's running late for his train, as The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) Malcolm, newly conked and sharp as a tack (zoot suit, trouser crease 
	like a knife's edge, orange knob-toed shoes) walks toward his goal: carpenter? That's a good profession for a 
		nigra. Wasn't your pa a carpenter?
 
	Malcolm is silent. CAMERA HAS GONE IN for a TIGHT CLOSE SHOT of Malcolm's face: a hardened Malcolm was our manhood, our living black 
		manhood. That was his meaning to his people and 
		in honoring him we honor the best in ourselves. CLOSE - MALCOLM
 
	Stoned, his nose running, Malcolm stares out of the window at the MALCOLM 
		What's your story, baby?
 
	He doesn't want to hear her; he wants to talk. He goes right on: Malcolm is talking before an all-black audience. It is the largest 
	rally yet; the hall is packed to the rafters. MALCOLM (contd) 
		Poor education, you only work on poor paying 
		jobs and that enables you to live again in a MALCOLM 
		On my way, Mr. Charlie.
 
	Cooper eyes him narrowly.
CAMERA PANS slowly to head of class where the teacher stands, it's 
	NELSON MANDELA.
 
	CLOSE - MANDELA MANDELA 
		As Brother Malcolm said, "We declare our right 
		on this earth to be a man, to be a human being, explained what concurrently meant. It meant a 
		minimum sentence of 10 years hard labor at the 
		Charlestown State Prison. The date was February still in prison.
 
	Malcolm is putting the conk into his hair now.
 
				MALCOLM ...and had a glass eye. He believed, as did 
		Marcus Garvey, that freedom, independence and 
		self-respect could never be achieved by the Malcolm is alone at the bars: the hope of freedom filling his mind.
 
	Malcolm pulls at the bars, tries to shake them in impotent fury. He 201 	INT. CLASSROOM - SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA - DAY
 
	CLOSE - STUDENT Brother Minister, I did nothing wrong. I did 
		nothing to be put in isolation. I believed in 
		him. I believed in the Honorable Elijah again, takes out a book. WE SEE its title: Mahatma Gandhi's _My 
	Struggle_. He sits next to the license press to read. A whistle sounds, ending the work shift. The inmates quickly file out 
	into the yard. Bembry stays. Malcolm is half decided. Malcolm sits, toweling himself as the spice hits him. For the first, he 
	smiles; this is the first relief he has tasted in prison. He at Bembry hell all day long. He was beaten by the master; 
		he lived in a shack, wore castoff clothes and 
		hated his master. If the house caught fire, BEMBRY 
		Elijah Muhammad can get you out of prison. Out 
		of the prison of your mind. Maybe all you want PRISONERS are working on a beltline that stamps out and finishes 
	license plates. Bembry is on the stamping machines, working as he talks away and escape. Let's separate." He'd say, 
		"Man, are you crazy? What's better than what I 
		got here?" That was the House Negro. In those PRISONERS who have been watching Malcolm during the scene. They whisper 
	surreptitiously without moving their bodies, and barely moving their He continues to pray.
 
				VOICE OF MALCOLM X 
		We are told that Saul, on the road to Damascus, to the other prisoners. Malcolm is painting the plates, a little 
	removed from Bembry, but listening with interest. Barnes, with rifle, 
	idles by a window. today would not exist. So I stand here as what 
		I was when I was born: A BLACK MAN!
 
	CROWD REACTIONS ANGLE - The ball is hit over the fence for a home run. There is a big 
	cheer from the black prisoners. Pete, the batter, trots proudly around
CAMERA PANS slowly to head of class where the teacher stands, it's 
	NELSON MANDELA.
 
	CLOSE - MANDELA MANDELA 
		As Brother Malcolm said, "We declare our right 
		on this earth to be a man, to be a human being, 201 	INT. CLASSROOM - SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA - DAY
 
	CLOSE - STUDENT BEMBRY 
		I knew you'd hear me. The white man is the 
		devil. All white men are devils. ...and had a glass eye. He believed, as did 
		Marcus Garvey, that freedom, independence and 
		self-respect could never be achieved by the again, takes out a book. WE SEE its title: Mahatma Gandhi's _My 
	Struggle_. He sits next to the license press to read. BEMBRY (contd) 
		But everything the white man taught you, you 
		learned. He told you you were a black heathen away and escape. Let's separate." He'd say, 
		"Man, are you crazy? What's better than what I 
		got here?" That was the House Negro. In those Negroes. The house Negro lived in the big 
		house; he dressed pretty good; he ate pretty 
		good and he loved the master. Yeah, he loved hell all day long. He was beaten by the master; 
		he lived in a shack, wore castoff clothes and 
		hated his master. If the house caught fire, It is dominantly black, but there are some whites in the audience, 
	mostly women. One is SOPHIA, a spectacular blonde with a degree of while there's still time. And if the black man 
		is allowed to separate and go on onto some land 
		of his own, where he can solve his problems, today would not exist. So I stand here as what 
		I was when I was born: A BLACK MAN!
 
	CROWD REACTIONS He continues to pray.
 
				VOICE OF MALCOLM X 
		We are told that Saul, on the road to Damascus, Malcolm was our manhood, our living black 
		manhood. That was his meaning to his people and 
		in honoring him we honor the best in ourselves. Malcolm stands at a podium.
 
				MALCOLM 
		We're not American, we're Africans who happen hypocritical when they stand up in the UN 
		condemning South Africa and saying nothing 
		about the racist practices that are manifested BEMBRY 
		I told you to go behind the words and dig out 
		the truth. They let us sing and dance and MALCOLM'S VOICE (contd) 
		Our fight is known and respected worldwide. 
		Incidentally, there's a little white man who him. But everything Mr. Muhammad has been 
		saying is going to come to pass is now coming 
		to pass and now the Negro leaders are standing
Malcolm is talking before an all-black audience. It is the largest 
	rally yet; the hall is packed to the rafters. Nation. It was you who made Malcolm the man he
		is. You lifted him out of the darkness.
 
	CLOSE - ELIJAH MALCOLM (contd) 
		To the hospital.
 
	The Fruit of Islam fall in behind him, marching slowly. It takes on the Malcolm is addressing a HUGE AUDIENCE. His tone is more intense, more 
	personal than before, because of his recent encounters. In the SIDNEY 
		Brother Malcolm, I want you to meet Brother 
		Earl. He just joined the Nation. had intimacies with Elijah Muhammad since 
		1957..."
 
				MALCOLM you Malcolm is getting too much press. The 
		brothers think he thinks _he_ is the Nation of 
		Islam, that he has aspirations to lead the MALCOLM 
		...My high school was the black ghetto of 
		Roxbury. My college was the streets of Harlem, The Honorable Elijah Muhammad sits on the stage to the right of Malcolm.
	This is a larger audience.
 
				MALCOLM MALCOLM (contd) 
		The Honorable Elijah Muhammad is the only man 
		the white people can deal with in the solving 138A 	EXT. ELIJAH'S GARDEN - DAY
 
	Malcolm sits next to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. The student and the Many stand, some walk toward the podium speaking his name: "I'm with 
	you, Brother Malcolm," "Praise Allah," "Me, Brother Malcolm." VOICE OF MALCOLM X
		I received a letter that day from the Honorable 
		Elijah Muhammad. The Messenger of Allah wrote Muhammad, speaks before a HUGE CROWD.
 
				MALCOLM 
		And what do I say of this so-called national MALCOLM/HIS VOICE 
		The Honorable Elijah Muhammad teaches us that 
		God is now about to establish a kingdom on this 
		earth based on brotherhood and Malcolm was our manhood, our living black 
		manhood. That was his meaning to his people and 
		in honoring him we honor the best in ourselves. MALCOLM 
		Bembry saved my Life. The Honorable Elijah 
		Muhammad saved my life. The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) He continues to pray.
 
				VOICE OF MALCOLM X 
		We are told that Saul, on the road to Damascus, Malcolm slips it carefully into the small of his back, behind his 
	trouser belt. His first gun: the feeling shines in his eyes, Bogart has 
	become a black man.
VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) 
		...three killed by white men and one lynched. VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd)
 		My father was not a frightened Negro as most 
		were then and as many still are today. He was VOICE OF MALCOLM X 
		My father's skull, on one side was crushed in, 
		and then laid across some tracks, for a VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) 
		My father dedicated his life to his beliefs 
		because he had seen four of his six brothers streetcar to run him over. His body was cut 
		almost in half. My father, Earl Little lived 
		two and a half hours in that condition. Negroes ANGLE. A pregnant Louise Little on porch.
 
				VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) 
		...and told them my father was in Milwaukee, 
		preaching. VOICE OF MALCOLM X 
		But our crime wasn't burglary. It was balling 
		white girls. They gave us the book. that's what the white man wants you to do. Look 
		at you.
 
	These last words are spoken sharply with disgust. Malcolm turns his MALCOLM 
		For the white man to ask the black man if he 
		hates him is just like the rapist asking the Malcolm was our manhood, our living black 
		manhood. That was his meaning to his people and 
		in honoring him we honor the best in ourselves. VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd)
		They broke every window with their rifle butts 
		before riding off into the night, their torches Now say it.
 
				MALCOLM 
		I'm Malcolm Little, not no goddam number. his dope, his liquor, his white woman, his 
		pork.
 
				MALCOLM VOICE OF MALCOLM X
		I received a letter that day from the Honorable 
		Elijah Muhammad. The Messenger of Allah wrote On his desk is the black headlines: MALCOLM X CALLS ASSASSINATION 
	"CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST." Elijah's health is getting worse, his God. I'm telling you, boy, that God is black.
 
				MALCOLM 
		What? Everybody knows God is White. Mr. X, I was out there tonight. I saw what you 
		did. I want to be a Muslim. I ain't never seen 
		a Negro stand up to the police like that. He looks directly into the camera, wearing a Baptist Minister's robe.
 
 				VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) Malcolm slips it carefully into the small of his back, behind his 
	trouser belt. His first gun: the feeling shines in his eyes, Bogart has 
	become a black man. VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) 
		And then I could do it.
that's what the white man wants you to do. Look 
		at you.
 
	These last words are spoken sharply with disgust. Malcolm turns his VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) 
		And then I could do it. MALCOLM 
		...My high school was the black ghetto of 
		Roxbury. My college was the streets of Harlem, He continues to pray.
 
				VOICE OF MALCOLM X 
		We are told that Saul, on the road to Damascus, Malcolm, newly conked and sharp as a tack (zoot suit, trouser crease 
	like a knife's edge, orange knob-toed shoes) walks toward his goal: Malcolm is talking before an all-black audience. It is the largest 
	rally yet; the hall is packed to the rafters. 159G	BRIEF MONTAGE. THE RISE OF MALCOLM X
 
	EXT. STREET - HARLEM - DAY Malcolm slips it carefully into the small of his back, behind his 
	trouser belt. His first gun: the feeling shines in his eyes, Bogart has 
	become a black man. Now say it.
 
				MALCOLM 
		I'm Malcolm Little, not no goddam number. He wears a Garvey hat, ornate with gold braid.
 
				VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) MALCOLM (contd) 
		To the hospital.
 
	The Fruit of Islam fall in behind him, marching slowly. It takes on the Malcolm looks out the living room window, he has a rifle in hand. 
	(NOTE: This is the same pose as the famous photograph of him.) He Malcolm was our manhood, our living black 
		manhood. That was his meaning to his people and 
		in honoring him we honor the best in ourselves. VOICE OF MALCOLM X
		I received a letter that day from the Honorable 
		Elijah Muhammad. The Messenger of Allah wrote FREEZE FRAME. He becomes a STILL.
 
				VOICE OF MALCOLM X He looks directly into the camera, wearing a Baptist Minister's robe.
 
 				VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) VOICE OF MALCOLM X 
		This sweet, gentle man gave me the truth from The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) MALCOLM (contd) 
		Poor education, you only work on poor paying 
		jobs and that enables you to live again in a Mr. X, I was out there tonight. I saw what you 
		did. I want to be a Muslim. I ain't never seen 
		a Negro stand up to the police like that.
Malcolm, newly conked and sharp as a tack (zoot suit, trouser crease 
	like a knife's edge, orange knob-toed shoes) walks toward his goal: Malcolm was our manhood, our living black 
		manhood. That was his meaning to his people and 
		in honoring him we honor the best in ourselves. MALCOLM 
		...My high school was the black ghetto of 
		Roxbury. My college was the streets of Harlem, Malcolm slips it carefully into the small of his back, behind his 
	trouser belt. His first gun: the feeling shines in his eyes, Bogart has 
	become a black man. Malcolm acknowledges the greetings, strolls down in the bar. It's 
	immediately clear that a subtle change has come over him. He is no Malcolm is talking before an all-black audience. It is the largest 
	rally yet; the hall is packed to the rafters. The immediate impression is of subdued well-being, of decorum, of easy 
	affluence. This is the world Malcolm wants into. He digs it, drinking 
	in its details. His hands full, Cholly opens the door with his feet and MALCOLM comes 
	out, a big, gawky, bright-faced country boy, wearing downhome clothes Malcolm is alone at the bars: the hope of freedom filling his mind.
 
	Malcolm pulls at the bars, tries to shake them in impotent fury. He The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) MALCOLM (contd) 
		Poor education, you only work on poor paying 
		jobs and that enables you to live again in a MALCOLM 
		Where I come from. Boston.
 
	Sammy and Cadillac are watching a little skeptically. Archie is that's what the white man wants you to do. Look 
		at you.
 
	These last words are spoken sharply with disgust. Malcolm turns his That's a fact. What you do, boy?
 
				MALCOLM 
		I'm working trains. Selling. Malcolm holds a letter in his hand. He reads it carefully. He has read 
	it several times before. Malcolm is listening closely. Bembry puts an arm around him, man-to-man.
 
				BEMBRY (contd) Malcolm lies on his bed, and for the first time WE SEE the strain in 
	his face, it has begun to take its toll, he's a haunted man. A doomed 
	man. Malcolm is studying the dictionary, the last of the "a's": the words
	azimuth, Azores, Aztec, azure, etc. He reads a word, then holds his Malcolm is addressing a HUGE AUDIENCE. His tone is more intense, more 
	personal than before, because of his recent encounters. In the Malcolm is drying his hair, finishing his conk. But some of what Bembry 
	has said disturbs him.
 
				MALCOLM
The machines are idle; no one is in the room but Malcolm. He starts 
	to reach inside his jacket when Barnes sticks his head in. Malcolm lies on his bed, and for the first time WE SEE the strain in 
	his face, it has begun to take its toll, he's a haunted man. A doomed 
	man. 144	INT. A LOCKUP - SAME
 
	The back of Malcolm's head, as he examines Brother Johnson. As he comes Malcolm and Bembry standing close together. The feeling is of someone 
	taking communion: with Bembry the minister and Malcolm the communicant. Malcolm holds a letter in his hand. He reads it carefully. He has read 
	it several times before. CAMERA HAS GONE IN for a TIGHT CLOSE SHOT of Malcolm's face: a hardened Malcolm shows no flicker of interest or understanding.
 
				BEMBRY (contd) 
		I brought you something. to the other prisoners. Malcolm is painting the plates, a little 
	removed from Bembry, but listening with interest. Barnes, with rifle, 
	idles by a window. Malcolm is listening closely. Bembry puts an arm around him, man-to-man.
 
				BEMBRY (contd) He smacks the small of his back. Then, reaching under his coat, he 
	takes a revolver out from the middle of his back. And hands it to 
	Malcolm. Malcolm is reading Bembry's letter as he waits his turn. There is a 
	WHITE CONVICT in the chair, just being finished by a WHITE BARBER - Malcolm has stopped in his tracks, like some unseen force has overcome 
	him which prevents him from moving. Malcolm is paralyzed.

	CLOSER - MALCOLM'S FACE for you.
 
				MALCOLM 
		Okay, okay. Show me, man. He is reading on his bunk as Barnes walks by. The lights in the cell go 
	out. Malcolm looks up, annoyed at being interrupted. He shifts his Malcolm opens his eyes, she has brought him out of it. He looks at her 
	but doesn't answer.
 
				OLD WOMAN (contd) Malcolm is drying his hair, finishing his conk. But some of what Bembry 
	has said disturbs him.
 
				MALCOLM (from the church and from the maids' market) are scattered in Malcolm's 
	audience.
 
	The headquarters itself shows the progress Malcolm has made. It is MALCOLM 
		0h, yes, there is. I know a lot about you.
		Brother Bembry briefed me. Benjamin weakly walks toward Malcolm and gives him his letter, which he 
	takes. The fast is wearing him out. Malcolm doesn't understand, but he senses something -- and becomes 
	excited. Archie has walked over to him.
 
				ARCHIE (contd)
MALCOLM (contd) 
		The Honorable Elijah Muhammad is the only man 
		the white people can deal with in the solving Muhammad can bring you into the light.
 
				MALCOLM 
		Elijah who? had intimacies with Elijah Muhammad since 
		1957..."
 
				MALCOLM Elijah Muhammad. For if God is black, Malcolm--
 
				MALCOLM 
		Then the devil is white. 138A 	EXT. ELIJAH'S GARDEN - DAY
 
	Malcolm sits next to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. The student and the The Honorable Elijah Muhammad sits on the stage to the right of Malcolm.
	This is a larger audience.
 
				MALCOLM On his desk is the black headlines: MALCOLM X CALLS ASSASSINATION 
	"CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST." Elijah's health is getting worse, his MALCOLM (contd) 
		...as Elijah Muhammad knows his problems. 

158 	INT. BETTY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT MALCOLM 
		Bembry saved my Life. The Honorable Elijah 
		Muhammad saved my life. MALCOLM/HIS VOICE 
		The Honorable Elijah Muhammad teaches us that 
		God is now about to establish a kingdom on this 
		earth based on brotherhood and Nation. It was you who made Malcolm the man he
		is. You lifted him out of the darkness.
 
	CLOSE - ELIJAH MALCOLM 
		The Honorable Elijah Muhammad says you should 
		pay it all your mind. If you got a mind. VOICE OF MALCOLM X
		I received a letter that day from the Honorable 
		Elijah Muhammad. The Messenger of Allah wrote standing in the cell with Malcolm is ELIJAH MUHAMMAD. He has 
	materialized, but he can be seen through. He is MALCOLM'S man standing against the window, he doesn't move. This is the same man 
	who appeared in Malcolm's cell, this is the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Malcolm slowly moves toward him; he is completely humbled in his 
	presence.
 
	CLOSE - ELIJAH The Honorable Elijah Muhammad would like to see 
		you now.
 
151	INT. ELIJAH'S OFFICE - DAY MALCOLM 
		Yes, sir, I did.
 
				ELIJAH Elijah Muhammad is telling the white man get 
		this powder keg out of your house, let the 
		black people in this country separate from him No. Elijah Muhammad does not say "that white 
		man is a devil." He teaches us that the white 
		man is the devil. All white men.
They're trying to convert the Black Christians. Malcolm speaks, while 
	the others hand out leaflets.
 
				MALCOLM Malcolm is talking before an all-black audience. It is the largest 
	rally yet; the hall is packed to the rafters. Mr. Malcolm X, why do you teach black 
		supremacy? Why do you teach hate?
 
	CLOSE - MALCOLM that's what the white man wants you to do. Look 
		at you.
 
	These last words are spoken sharply with disgust. Malcolm turns his He looks directly into the camera, wearing a Baptist Minister's robe.
 
 				VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) He continues to pray.
 
				VOICE OF MALCOLM X 
		We are told that Saul, on the road to Damascus, Many stand, some walk toward the podium speaking his name: "I'm with 
	you, Brother Malcolm," "Praise Allah," "Me, Brother Malcolm." Malcolm is addressing a HUGE AUDIENCE. His tone is more intense, more 
	personal than before, because of his recent encounters. In the He wears a Garvey hat, ornate with gold braid.
 
				VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) God. I'm telling you, boy, that God is black.
 
				MALCOLM 
		What? Everybody knows God is White. VOICE OF MALCOLM X
		I received a letter that day from the Honorable 
		Elijah Muhammad. The Messenger of Allah wrote preacher hype I ever did hear.
 
				MALCOLM 
		It isn't a hype, Shorty. And I meant what I On his desk is the black headlines: MALCOLM X CALLS ASSASSINATION 
	"CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST." Elijah's health is getting worse, his MALCOLM/HIS VOICE 
		The Honorable Elijah Muhammad teaches us that 
		God is now about to establish a kingdom on this 
		earth based on brotherhood and Muhammad, speaks before a HUGE CROWD.
 
				MALCOLM 
		And what do I say of this so-called national The Honorable Elijah Muhammad sits on the stage to the right of Malcolm.
	This is a larger audience.
 
				MALCOLM VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) 
		And then I could do it. Mr. X, I was out there tonight. I saw what you 
		did. I want to be a Muslim. I ain't never seen 
		a Negro stand up to the police like that. VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) 
		My father dedicated his life to his beliefs 
		because he had seen four of his six brothers
streetcar to run him over. His body was cut 
		almost in half. My father, Earl Little lived 
		two and a half hours in that condition. Negroes Outside the house are 5 members of THE BLACK LEGION. They are dressed 
	in the style of the KKK, but in black sheets rather than white. WE SEE explained what concurrently meant. It meant a 
		minimum sentence of 10 years hard labor at the 
		Charlestown State Prison. The date was February As Johnson's body, on a stretcher, is hurried into an ambulance. The 
	crowd has grown in proportions. There are ad libs: "Goddam pigs," "Damn SIDNEY, aged 20, a perfect specimen of the Fruit of Islam, stands 
	behind his chair, waiting. Their mother, LORRAINE, a woman of Bembry's on. Black folks are everywhere, it seems as if all of Harlem is out on 
	the streets. The citizens of Harlem are hugging, kissing, drinking, It's raining cats and dogs and it's foggy. We hear a big thud, then a 
	grunt and Earl Little falls across the trolley tracks, the sound of men They brandished guns and shouted for my father 
		to come out. My mother went to the door where 
		they could see her pregnant condition... In contrast to the peaceful family scene, the room is a beehive of 
	activity. Sidney is turning out leaflets on a mimeograph machine; Here at this final hour, in this quiet place, 
		Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its 
		brightest hopes, extinguished now and gone from kind every day of your life." But does he? No. 
		He scorns you, splits your head with his 
		nightstick and calls you nigger. If you've had The assassins are on their way to the Audubon Ballroom, Wilbur Kinley 
	is behind the wheel, no one is talking. 

190 	EXT.STREET - DAY A bright, sunny day, long shadows in the park. The Commons is almost 
	empty. Two improbable zoot-suited blacks race past trees, and run over On his desk is the black headlines: MALCOLM X CALLS ASSASSINATION 
	"CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST." Elijah's health is getting worse, his Because 1964 threatens to be a very explosive 
		year on the racial front, and because I myself 
		intend to be very active in every phase of the Betty is driving to the Audubon Ballroom, her four daughters are in the 
	backseat making a racket. Malcolm is sweating and flushed and enormously elated. He sees that 
	people are watching him, goading him on. He notices that Sophia, in Malcolm is talking before an all-black audience. It is the largest 
	rally yet; the hall is packed to the rafters. He nearly leaps out of the chair, but the barber restrains him.

	Shorty, utterly unmoved by the outburst, continues working the 
	congolene into his hair. picks it up.
 
				VOICE
		That red nigger of yours is dead and so are 
		your bastard children.
Many stand, some walk toward the podium speaking his name: "I'm with 
	you, Brother Malcolm," "Praise Allah," "Me, Brother Malcolm." 1ST STUDENT 
		I'm Malcolm X.
 
	CLOSE - STUDENT 3RD STUDENT 
		I'm Malcolm X.
 
	CLOSE - STUDENT he describes:
 
				MALCOLM'S VOICE
		Today, with thousands of others, I proclaimed The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) 2ND STUDENT 
		I'm Malcolm X.
 
	CLOSE - STUDENT Now say it.
 
				MALCOLM 
		I'm Malcolm Little, not no goddam number. Malcolm is talking before an all-black audience. It is the largest 
	rally yet; the hall is packed to the rafters. He looks directly into the camera, wearing a Baptist Minister's robe.
 
 				VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) Malcolm is addressing a HUGE AUDIENCE. His tone is more intense, more 
	personal than before, because of his recent encounters. In the Muhammad, speaks before a HUGE CROWD.
 
				MALCOLM 
		And what do I say of this so-called national ANGLE ON MALCOLM
 
				MALCOLM 
		I'm not Malcolm Little and I'm not Satan. Malcolm was our manhood, our living black 
		manhood. That was his meaning to his people and 
		in honoring him we honor the best in ourselves. He wears a Garvey hat, ornate with gold braid.
 
				VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) 4TH FEMALE STUDENT 
		I'm Malcolm X. that's what the white man wants you to do. Look 
		at you.
 
	These last words are spoken sharply with disgust. Malcolm turns his They're trying to convert the Black Christians. Malcolm speaks, while 
	the others hand out leaflets.
 
				MALCOLM God. I'm telling you, boy, that God is black.
 
				MALCOLM 
		What? Everybody knows God is White. VOICE OF MALCOLM X
		I received a letter that day from the Honorable 
		Elijah Muhammad. The Messenger of Allah wrote Malcolm scanning the faces of his audience as they react. He sees 
	someone he knows and blurts out boyishly (and winningly):
MALCOLM 
		As I recall, I pointed out that while I was in 
		Mecca making the pilgrimage, I spoke about the 175A	MECCA - THE PILGRIMAGE
 
	MALCOLM GREETED AS HE DESCENDS FROM THE PLANE IN EGYPT He continues to pray.
 
				VOICE OF MALCOLM X 
		We are told that Saul, on the road to Damascus, 177C	--Malcolm and OTHERS walking around the Great Kaaba, a black stone set 
	in the middle of the Great Mosque. He falls to his knees. WE SEE what deserve them. Because of the spiritual rebirth 
		which I was blessed to undergo as a result of 
		my pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca, I no --Malcolm, wearing the garb of a pilgrim, walks with a VAST THRONG OF 
	OTHERS, similarly clad, around the Great Temple. He wears two white that's what the white man wants you to do. Look 
		at you.
 
	These last words are spoken sharply with disgust. Malcolm turns his a return to the source of our great religion. I 
		will make a pilgrimage to Mecca. Malcolm is addressing a HUGE AUDIENCE. His tone is more intense, more 
	personal than before, because of his recent encounters. In the that we are nothing, while He is all.
 
				MALCOLM 
		Allah Akbar. Many stand, some walk toward the podium speaking his name: "I'm with 
	you, Brother Malcolm," "Praise Allah," "Me, Brother Malcolm." Malcolm was our manhood, our living black 
		manhood. That was his meaning to his people and 
		in honoring him we honor the best in ourselves. MALCOLM (contd) 
		To the hospital.
 
	The Fruit of Islam fall in behind him, marching slowly. It takes on the excuses himself from a group of MUSLIMS, making his way toward Bembry.
 
				MALCOLM 
			(little out of breath) Mr. X, I was out there tonight. I saw what you 
		did. I want to be a Muslim. I ain't never seen 
		a Negro stand up to the police like that. The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) God. I'm telling you, boy, that God is black.
 
				MALCOLM 
		What? Everybody knows God is White. They're trying to convert the Black Christians. Malcolm speaks, while 
	the others hand out leaflets.
 
				MALCOLM Mr. Malcolm X, why do you teach black 
		supremacy? Why do you teach hate?
 
	CLOSE - MALCOLM Malcolm, newly conked and sharp as a tack (zoot suit, trouser crease 
	like a knife's edge, orange knob-toed shoes) walks toward his goal:
Malcolm opens his eyes, she has brought him out of it. He looks at her 
	but doesn't answer.
 
				OLD WOMAN (contd) Malcolm mumbles something. He then kisses Sophia as if his black life 
	depended on it and he commences to kill it. Malcolm lies on his bed, and for the first time WE SEE the strain in 
	his face, it has begun to take its toll, he's a haunted man. A doomed 
	man. Malcolm is sweating and flushed and enormously elated. He sees that 
	people are watching him, goading him on. He notices that Sophia, in Are you okay?
 
	Malcolm looks at this old woman, who slightly resembles his own mother.
 
				MALCOLM MALCOLM 
		Yeah, she's alive.
 
31 	OMIT She is a pretty, mature woman and white-looking.
 
				VOICE OF MALCOLM X (contd) His hands full, Cholly opens the door with his feet and MALCOLM comes 
	out, a big, gawky, bright-faced country boy, wearing downhome clothes Malcolm has stopped in his tracks, like some unseen force has overcome 
	him which prevents him from moving. Malcolm is paralyzed.

	CLOSER - MALCOLM'S FACE MALCOLM 
		Ain't gonna be this mother.
 
	Sammy goes. MALCOLM (contd) 
		I said now.
 
	She leaves. He leans his head back against the booth -- He stares at her.
 
				MALCOLM 
		Nothing!
 
	CLOSE - COED

	She is absolutely crushed and runs away in tears. Only the faintest light comes into the hideous room, which consists of 
	a mattress and a slop bucket. If Malcolm were to stretch out his arms, Malcolm knocks on the door of Evelyn Williams, one of the two 
	secretaries/wives. She opens the door and has child in her arms. The crowd is listening, caught up in Malcolm's intensity.
 
				MALCOLM (contd) waiting to see Malcolm's body, where it lies before burial.
 
				OSSIE DAVIS'S VOICE: (contd) CLOSE - MALCOLM
 
	Stoned, his nose running, Malcolm stares out of the window at the Oh, Malcolm, I love you. Please, there's no one 
		around. Now?
 
	Malcolm turns his head from her, he gets up. MALCOLM (contd) 
		Take it off.
 
	She takes off the apron. to Malcolm and hands him a short straw. Sophia sits next to Malcolm; 
	she and Archie are already high. Malcolm leans over the mirror, placing 
	the straw in his nostril.
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Preacher  A preacher.
murdered He is murdered by the Black Legion
institutionalized for insanity institutionalized for insanity
Detroit Red Detroit Red
Shorty Shorty.
10 years.  Ten years.
The teaching of the Nation of Islamic The teachings of the Nation of Islam.
1965 1965
New York City New York City.
Elijah Muhammad Elijah Muhammad
Betty Shabazz Betty Shabazz
Mecca Mecca
Preacher preacher
New York city New York City.
10 years ten years
Pullman porter Pullman porter
1990 1990.
South Africa South Africa
In prison Prison
His father was murdered by the Black Legion. Black Legion
He gets a job as a Pullman porter. Pullman porter.
He decided to become a burglar. become a burglar
Baines teaches and shows him the teachings of the Nation of Islam. The teaching of the Nation of Islam
Malcolm begins religious conversion as Elijah's disciple. Malcolm becomes his disciple.
He preaches for a separation from white society. A doctrine of separation from white society.
Malcolm is assassinated while in New York. He is asassinated
Among those is anti-apartheid activist, Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela
The journey teaches Malcolm that Muslims come from all races including whites. Muslims come from all races
She is institutionalized for being insane. She is institutionalized for insanity.