Noted film director Spike Lee will be honored at the forthcoming 35th Seattle International Film Festival this May.
Lee, known widely for films such as "Do The Right Thing" and "She Hate Me," will be presented with the 2009 Golden Space Needle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Directing on May 23 as part of special tribute.
In related news, Lee is said to be busy at work on an ant ...Read
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Spike Lee, Tyler Perry and Patrick Ian Polk are among nominees for this year's NAACP Image Awards.
According to Image Award organizers, Spike Lee's 'Miracle Of St. Anna'; Tyler Perry's 'The Family That Preys'; and Patrick Ian Polk's 'Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom' are among those nominated in the award's three directing categories.
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Spike Lee is considering a revisit to the area where Hurricane Katrina struck in the next two years for a potential follow up to his acclaimed HBO miniseries “When The Levees Broke.” The director of the upcoming Michael Jordan documentary due in 2009 also revealed release plans for his “day-in-the-life” documentary on Kobe Bryant.
"I'm going to go back, not just to New Orleans but to oth ...Read
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As recently reported on Singersroom, Spike Lee and Clint Eastwood exchanged words over Lee’s criticism of Eastwood’s Iwo Jima films “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters From Iwo Jima,” which he claims ignored black characters. However, according to the Italic Institute of America “Lee should practice what he ...Read
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After Eastwood told director Spike Lee to "shut his face" and stop criticizing him about not including African-Americans in his 2006 Iwo Jima movies, "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters From Iwo Jima," Lee's lashing out.
"First of all, the man is not my father and we're not on a plantation either," Lee tells ABC News. "He's a great director. He makes his films, I make my films. The thing a ...Read
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Spike Lee who recently premiered his upcoming film “Miracle at St. Anna” at the Cannes Film Festival revealed plans to release a feature length documentary about Michael Jordan. According to Variety, the NBA & Lee’s 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks will produce the film based on the life of the basketball legend.
“Mike wants to come to Cannes, so hopefully we will be here next year,” Le ...Read
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