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(*photo courtesy of Vulture.com) Just came a cross this lengthy and thought-provoking interview with Spike Lee by Will Leith on the entertainment website Vulture.com. Way beyond the usual film convo, this interview delves into politics, NYC, sports and some of Spike's sobering thoughts on how thi...read more
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Indiewire posted a nice article by Matt Zoller Seitz and Richard Cruz examining Spike Lee's creative use of signature dolly shots across his film career. Richard Cruz edited a whole series of them together to create the cool little video essay below. Peep the Spike Video Essay montage below, t...read more
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If you didn't catch my earlier post, Spike Lee is about to drop a new self-financed movie shot on a Sony F3 Super 35mm Video Camera entitled, Red Hook Summer , which just premiered at Sundance 2012. Never one to shy away from controversy, when asked a question by audience member, Chris Rock, abou...read more
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Stacey Wilson of The Hollywood Reporter just dropped an informative Q&A with director, Spike Lee, who is never one short of an opinion or candid insight on the world of filmmaking. Spike get's right to the heart of the matter discussing why all-Black films rarely get greenlit in Hollywood. My...read more
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- Tags: Red Hook Summer, Spike Lee
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(AP File Photo) Just saw this posted by our friends at Shadow and Act and had to share also. This man is one of my inspirations. Shortly after seeing "Do the Right Thing", I officially switched my major to filmmaking and never looked back...Listen and learn. ...read more
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On the next Double Down Film Show we’ll delve deep into the practical realities of making your first feature with writer/director, Julius Onah. Julius was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. His debut feature, The Girl Is In Trouble, is executive produced by Spike...read more
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Spike Lee's latest project, IF GOD IS WILLING AND DA CREEK DON’T RISE hits the airwaves on HBO this Monday and Tuesday.It's his follow up film to When the Levee's Broke co-produced by my NYU colleague, Sam Pollard (who shared his words of wisdom in, The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide) and sho...read more
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Just about every filmmaker has a particular film that became the catalyst for them wanting to become a filmmaker. For me that film was Do The Right Thing which dropped at the end of my freshman year of college in 1989. (Yes, I'm Old School, y'all.) A few months later, I changed my major to Film a...read more
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Just thought I'd share a quick blog post from That Black Girl's Site about a recent appearance by Spike Lee at the Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference. Spike shares his views on the current state of cinema depicting Black people and the difficulties of funding Black films.Read it HERE.Thanx t...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Blaxploitation, Spike Lee
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