Academy Award® Winner Spike Lee has a New Joint: “Da 5 Bloods,” the story of four African-American Vets — Paul (Delroy Lindo), Otis (Clarke Peters), Eddie (Norm Lewis), and Melvin (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.) — who return to Vietnam to search for the remains of their fallen Squad Leader (Chadwick Boseman) and the promise of buried […]
15th Annual Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival
Run&Shoot Filmworks’ 15th Annual Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival’s Unforgettable Finale Featured Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It” – Branford Marsalis, Tonya Lewis Lee, Dewanda Wise Join Spike Lee On Stage Martha’s Vineyard, Mass – Presented by Run&Shoot Filmworks, the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF) celebrated 15 years of filmmaking from artists […]
Hollywood Equality: New Report Finds that Across 800 films, Representation of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, LGBT Status, Disability Still Lags Behind Population Norms
Spike Lee Revisits Young Michael Jackson in ‘From Motown to Off the Wall
Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY – Michael Jackson’s Journey From Motown to ‘Off the Wall,’ set to premiere Sunday at Sundance Film Festival and Feb. 5 on Showtime, marks the second time Lee has turned his attention to the making of a Jackson album. With 2012’s Bad 25, Lee commemorated the silver anniversary of the follow-up […]
On MLK Day Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee Announce Plans to Skip the Oscars
It’s sad to hear that on the day we honor Martin Luther King, Jr. award-winning director, Spike Lee, and actress and producer, Jada Pinkett Smith, have announced they will not attend the 2016 Oscar ceremony. Sad but a great way to bring attention to the fact that this is the second year all-white slate of major […]
Chiraq directed by Spike Lee
Watch the Movie Trailer for Spike Lee’s New Film Chiraq- WARNING Thinking Minds Only!
Chi-Raq is a modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes. After the murder of a Child by a stray bullet, a group of women led by Lysistrata organize against the on-going violence in Chicago’s Southside creating a movement that challenges the nature of race, sex and violence in America and around […]
Tyler Perry: “Spike Lee Can Go to Hell”
When it comes to one particular critic of his work, Tyler Perry gets downright Madea-val: “Spike Lee needs to shut the hell up!” Perry, the uber-successful writer/producer/director (his homegrown films have grossed over $400 million), admits that he’s at the end of his patience with fellow filmmaker Lee, who’s made a habit of sharply criticizing […]