Happy Friday POU! We continue our look at films written and directed by Spike Lee. Crooklyn is a 1994 semi-autobiographical film co-written and directed by Spike Lee. Lee and his siblings Cinque Lee and Joie Lee co-wrote this nostalgic but unglamorized look at a family growing up in Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn in the 1970s, inspired by their own … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: The Filmography of Spike Lee
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Thursday Open Thread: The Filmography of Spike Lee
Good Morning POU! We continue looking at films written and directed by Spike Lee. Malcolm X, sometimes stylized as X, is a 1992 American epic biographical film about the African-American activist Malcolm X. Directed and co-written by Spike Lee, the film stars Denzel Washington in the title role, as well as Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., and Delroy Lindo. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: The Filmography of Spike Lee
Wednesday Open Thread: The Filmography of Spike Lee
Good Morning POU! We continue to look at the movies written and directed by Spike Lee. (Goodness, Denzel was so damn fine in this movie) Mo' Better Blues is a 1990 musical drama film starring Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, and Spike Lee. It follows a period in the life of fictional jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam (played by Washington) as a series of bad decisions … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: The Filmography of Spike Lee
Tuesday Open Thread: The Filmography of Spike Lee
In 1985, Lee began work on his first feature film, She's Gotta Have It. With a budget of $175,000, he shot the film in two weeks. When the film was released in 1986, it grossed over $7,000,000 at the U.S. box office. The movie focuses on the iconic character Nola Darling; a young, attractive Brooklynite who juggles three suitors: the polite and well-meaning Jamie … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: The Filmography of Spike Lee
Monday Open Thread: The Filmography of Spike Lee
Good Monday Morning POU! This week we'll be covering the filmography of Spike Lee. Specifically the films that were both written and directed by Spike. His first film, Last Hustle in Brooklyn, was completed while he was an undergraduate at Morehouse College in 1977. In the short act, Spike Lee's brother, Chris, plays the part of a boy who steals a pair of … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: The Filmography of Spike Lee