One Day, When I Was Lost: A Scenario opens in a parking garage, in New York City, with a man (Malcolm X) walking toward, and finally getting into, a car. When the man starts the car, the radio comes on with an announcement that Malcolm X will be speaking at the Audubon Ballroom that evening. The camera then shifts to the side-view mirror and an image of a fire and hooded men on horseback is seen. A young mulatto, pregnant woman tries to run away from the men on horseback, while a male voice shouts: "Our homeland is in Africa!" Next scene in the mirror is a "beaten, one-eyed black man," who is lying on the tracks of an oncoming streetcar.
The scene then jumps to another time. Malcolm X is in Africa,.....
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