Released 1992
Stars Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Spike Lee
Directed by Spike Lee

One of the great screen biographies, celebrating the whole sweep of an American life that began in sorrow and bottomed out on the streets and in prison before its hero reinvented himself. Watching the film, I understood more clearly how we do have the power to change our own lives, how fate doesn't deal all of the cards. The film is inspirational and educational as well as entertaining.

Summary written by Roger Ebert