Black History Month: Rise Celestial Studios Honors Malcom X

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I saw the movie before I learned of the man. The first time learning about someone from watching a film is a weird way to learn about someone as inspirational and exemplary as Malcolm. I was glued to my screen and for the entire time of the film I was hoping for a happy ending…a happy ending I didn’t get.

“He wasn’t perfect, in fact his origins was downright the opposite of perfect. But the fact he was able to overcome his past and build a future such as he did was remarkable. The movie surely played a role in my eventual embarking of a filmmaker but the real life story of Malcolm X definitely played a role in my journey of a man.”

“It’s befitting that today as I honor a hero violently assassinated and with the murder never being solved, that the trending topic online is for an investigation into the role the FBI played in his untimely end.”

“The ending to the Malcom X movie tore me to pieces and what made it worse, is I really watched as a young innocent kid truly innocently ignorant to how the Malcom X story ended. I was just a kid hoping for a happy ending.

A happy ending I didn’t get.”

-CEO/President of Rise Celestial Studios shares the resounding impact Malcom X had on him at a young age.

Malcom X

Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American Muslimminister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement. He is best known for his time spent as a vocal spokesman for the Nation of Islam.