One Day When I Was Lost: A Scenario Based on Alex Haley's The Autobiography of Malcolm XA rare, lucidly composed screenplay from one of America’s greatest writers, based on the bestselling classic The Autobiography of Malcolm X. • "Sharp.... Precise.... There is no questioning the depth and sincerity of Baldwin's admiration for Malcolm X." —The Times Literary Supplement Son of a Baptist minister; New York City hustler; honor student; convicted criminal; powerful minister in the Nation of Islam; father and husband: Malcolm X transformed himself, time and again, in order to become one of the most feared, loved, and undeniably charismatic leaders of twentieth-century America. No one better represents the tumultuous times of his generation, and there is no one better to capture him and his milieu than James Baldwin. With spare, elegant, yet forceful dialogue and fresh, precise camera directions, Baldwin breathes cinematic life into this controversial and important figure, offering a new look at a man who changed himself in order to change the country. |
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African Allah Amen Corner ARCHIE Audubon Ballroom BARTENDER begins BETTY MALCOLM Brother Malcolm Close-up cocaine COLM color crowd Daddy-o dance DANIEL devil Do-rag door drink EARL EGYPTIAN fuck girl Goodnight GUARD hands Harlem head hear Honorable Messenger Hotel Theresa JAMES BALDWIN Jesus JUDGE MERRITT kisses knew laughs LAURA listen LORRAINE LOUISE ma'am MALCOLM and LUTHER MALCOLM looks MALCOLM Oh MALCOLM sits Malcolm X MALCOLM Yes MALCOLM's cell MALCOLM's face MALCOLM's point MALCOLM'S VOICE MISS DUNNE Mount Arafat move Movement Muslim Night OSTROVSKI PLAINCLOTHES point of view prison puts remember Shit SHORTY SHORTY'S VOICE side-view mirror SIDNEY silent Sister Betty slowly smile SOPHIA stands staring stops streets SWERLIN Takbir talk tell Thank thing told Traveling shot trying turns Vaseline walks watch what's window Yeah young