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Feb 2023
34m 38s

Malcolm X

Oprah
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Original Air Date: 12/4/1992 Oprah takes a look at Spike Lee's autobiographical film, "Malcolm X." She talks with director Spike Lee, wife of the late Malcolm X, Dr. Betty Shabazz, and Attallah Shabazz, Malcolm X's daughter. 
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