Alex Haley

50 minutes, 1992, Switzerland

Producer: RTSI Swiss TV, Director: Matteo Bellinelli

Alex Haley

This inspiring portrait recounts the transformation of a college dropout into one of America's most powerful writers. In one of the few in-depth conversations filmed before his death in 1992, Alex Haley describes the dynamic collaboration that produced The Autobiography of Malcolm X and the quest for identity that yielded Roots.

"This well crafted tribute offers an excellent overview of Haley's writing...a good introduction to twentieth-century Black authors"
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