Where was Malcolm X filmed?
1992 film by Spike Lee
Malcolm X (1992) was filmed in Mecca and Long Island — 2 recorded filming locations in the United States, Saudi Arabia. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
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Filming locations
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Long Island
🇺🇸 United States
island in New York, United States of America
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🏙 Towns & cities
Mecca
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian city and capital of the Makkah province
“Malcolm X is the first non-documentary, and the first American film, to be given permission to film in Mecca (or within the Haram Sharif).” Wikipedia
Also per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 2 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Soweto
🇿🇦 South Africa
township of South Africa
“Lee explained that he made "the connection between Soweto and Harlem, Nelson and Malcolm, and what Malcolm talked about: pan-Africanism, trying to build these bridges between people of color.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Al-Masjid Al-Haram
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
Islam's holiest mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Connecticut, Egypt, New Jersey, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Also shot in these places
- The Godfather 1972
- The Avengers 2012
- The Wolf of Wall Street 2013
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2014
- Annie Hall 1977
- North by Northwest 1959
- Noah 2014
- American Gangster 2007
- Men in Black II 2002
- Now You See Me 2013
- Men in Black 3 2012
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Malcolm X have?
2 places recorded on Wikidata, and 2 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across 2 countries.
In which countries was Malcolm X filmed?
the United States and Saudi Arabia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
The Godfather (1972), The Avengers (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.