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"Spike Lee has been an outstanding warrior for equal rights while creating an iconic body of film and television work over his 30-year career. In BlacKkKlansman, Lee directs one of his best and most provocative films about an African-American detective and a white detective who are determined to infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado Springs.
Jun 14, 2023 · Spike Lee and Halle Berry on the New York set of the 1991 drama 'Jungle Fever,' Berry’s big-screen debut. Universal/Photofest Even as a budding director, Lee was never one to stray from controversy.
Do the Right Thing (1989)92%. #4. Critics Consensus: Smart, vibrant, and urgent without being didactic, Do the Right Thing is one of Spike Lee's most fully realized efforts -- and one of the most important films of the 1980s. Synopsis: Salvatore "Sal" Fragione (Danny Aiello) is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn.
Oct 5, 2023 · Lee, 66, is an ardent collector of cultural items, including Richard Avedon photography and racist cigarette holders, and on Saturday, the Brooklyn Museum is opening “Spike Lee: Creative Sources ...
Dec 31, 2015 · Spike Lee is our 2015 Film Person of the Year, and he and I go way back. Not personally, you understand—our interview for this article was the first time we had ever spoken for more than sixty ...
May 21, 2020 · Lee used a similar technique in the opening of his 1992 epic “Malcolm X,” which overlaid vocals of an incendiary Denzel Washington, speaking in character as X, onto video of the police beating ...
SPIKE LEE United States, 2012. Until Red Hook Summer, Spike Lee hadn’t taken a role in one of his own films since Summer of Sam. Reprising his Mookie character from Do the Right Thing, the New York icon mounts a loose-limbed drama that is equal parts gospel musical, hangout movie, and spiritual sequel to his 1989 masterpiece.
