Lindy Hop Scene from Malcolm X

A great clip from the film Malcolm X starring Denzel Washington. Look for Frankie Manning in this clip. He was the choreographer and taught Denzel how to Lindy. This dance scene is held at what was to be a re-creation of Roseland Ballroom in New York but Malcolm X danced mostly at the Savoy Ballroom, the birthplace of Lindy. The civil rights leader, Malcolm X, wrote in his autobiography how much he loved the lindy hop.

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[Donald Wells]

this scene was absolutly fabulous.....the dancing alone should have gotten an oscar

[skaselecter]

spike lee does not suck!!!

[marcia milbanks]

Denzel is amazing! And Spike Lee is a wonderful director. I like what he did in most of Love and Basketball. Wish he'd allow women (and men) to be wholesome in his films. We need more of them -- not fewer. The quote he used in the movie is spot on. People want purity.

[trilobright]

Would a Boston nightclub in the 1940's have really been like this, or is this a deliberately campy wink at MGM musicals and Warner Brothers Censored 11 cartoons? I mean someone without their glasses on would be forgiven for mistaking this for an actual cartoon.

[babah77088]

ITS SHOWTIME

[HerrFridolf]

Gotta love it! Look also for Chazz Young and Ryan Francois.

[tommyt1971]

"Flying Home" by Lionel Hampton. The vers in the film was recorded for it, the orig vers is on the soundtrack album. Great disc, pick it up, worth the money!

[tommyt1971]

It was incredible on a big screen! The sound syst I saw it in was also a good one - the tune filled the theatre!

[tommyt1971]

Saw Spike Lee speak at my college & he told us that Denzel learned how to jitterbug & did his own dancing in here. Pretty damn impressive!

[Aberforthette]

omg ive been llearning some of those moves

[funkstagazza]

Greatest dance scene in a film.

[twinbreed]

Flying Home by Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra