by Joe Van Ryn | May 14, 2019 | Issues, Left
In a career that has spanned well over thirty years from his debut 1986 feature She’s Gotta Have It to the recent BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee has forged his own path as an African American auteur and provocateur, playing by his own rules to tell his own stories in...
by Brynn Artley | May 14, 2019 | Criticism, Left
Spike Lee’s 2018 Academy Award for the BlacKkKlansman Adapted Screenplay was a long-awaited triumph for the provocateur. What makes Lee’s voice as provocative as it is, prompting such a strong and public discourse? Perhaps it is the fact that Lee is unafraid...
by Kyra Beske | May 14, 2019 | Criticism, Right
Spike Lee broke out as a successful film maker with his 1986 comedy She’s Gotta Have It. While well-reviewed, it was criticized by feminist scholar bell hooks and others for its one-dimensional, problematic character portrayal of its men and women. As Spike Lee...
by Jenna Grochow | May 14, 2019 | Criticism, Right
Director Spike Lee uses dance as an illustrative mode of storytelling throughout his filmography, from the colorful, classical proposal sequence in She’s Gotta Have It to the ballroom juke and minstrel-show tap in Malcolm X and Bamboozled to the late-night soul...
by Joe Van Ryn | May 14, 2019 | Criticism, Left
Over the course of over 30 years, Spike Lee has established himself as an outspoken auteur with a distinct style and a voice for Black America. Perhaps one of cinema’s most controversial figures, Lee has consistently addressed the issue of the African American...
Recent Comments