Television: Midwinter Night's Dreams

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Miles' search through the film archives has uncovered many priceless scenes, however, and time has given a new perspective to both Harlem and the people who lived there. Malcolm X, the murdered black Muslim leader, once outraged or terrified many whites, but his statements here seem reasonable and mild. "Do you consider yourself militant?" a reporter asks him toward the end of the series. He laughs and replies: "I consider myself Malcolm."

—G.C.