Malcolm X vs National Theatre Live: The Audience

National Theatre Live: The Audience has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 7.5/10 for Malcolm X). National Theatre Live: The Audience is the shorter watch at 2h 22m compared with 3h 22m. Malcolm X is the older of the two (1992 against 2013). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Malcolm X posterMalcolm X1992 VS National Theatre Live: The Audience posterNational Theatre Live: The Audience2013
Malcolm XNational Theatre Live: The Audience
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 8.3/10
Year19922013
Length3h 22m2h 22m
GenresDrama, HistoryDrama, History
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorSpike LeeRobin Lough
Main castAngela Bassett, Lonette McKee, Delroy Lindo, Denzel Washington, Theresa RandlePaul Ritter, Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Beevers, Edward Fox, Nell Williams

Synopsis

Malcolm X

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

National Theatre Live: The Audience

For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace, a meeting like no other in British public life, it is private.

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