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Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author. His work has continually explored race relations , issues within the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues.
The company's name is a reference to forty acres and a mule, a section of military orders during the American Civil War which stated that certain recently emancipated black families on the Georgia coast were to be given some surplus army mules and lots of land no larger than 40 acres (160,000 m 2). [1]
Spike Lee (pictured at right) and his wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, purchased the residence in 1998 for $16.6 million, taking it off the hands of artist Jasper Johns. Over the years, the couple and their ...
Spike Lee in 2007. Spike Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor, known for films that deal with controversial social and political issues.Each of Lee's films is typically referred to as "A Spike Lee Joint" and the closing credits always end with the phrases "By Any Means Necessary," "Ya Dig," and "Sho Nuff."
Actors Robert De Niro and Spike Lee voiced their concerns about the upcoming election while hosting a Q&A at the premiere of Francis Ford Coppola‘s latest film, “Megalopolis."
Spike Lee began his interview ... “Highest 2 Lowest,” his reinterpretation of Japanese director Kurosawa’s 1963 crime drama “High and Low,” Lee refrains from revealing any details. ...
This documentary is Spike Lee's third, preceded by 4 Little Girls (1997), about the Birmingham church bombing of 1963; and Jim Brown: All-American (2002), about the football player. Shooting for the film began three months after Hurricane Katrina hit, when Lee and his camera crew took the first of eight trips to New Orleans.
Freedom Award honoree Spike Lee answers a question during the National Civil Rights Museum's Freedom Award Student Forum on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 at FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn.