This morning Spike Lee opened up his Brooklyn-based production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, to select members of the press to…
Spike Lee’s Wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, is a former corporate attorney and she is taking on a new kind of case to change the way black women see themselves. During a recent interview with Ebony Magazine, Tonya Lee, who is a wife, mother of two, a television and documentary producer and bestselling author to name […]
By Raynard Jackson, NNPA Columnist: I was flipping through the TV channels last week and came across one of Spike Lee’s best movies, School Daze. This was…
Spike Lee had fun during this interview, but he also showed his serious side when he stated, “There is nothing cute about being ignorant.” In…
Spike Lee worked with Michael Jackson and considered him a friend, but the director says even he learned a lot combing through footage of the…
Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer comes out in theaters August 10. This will be the first independent film release by Lee’s production company, 40 Acres…
The shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin really has emotions running high. So much so that an elderly couple has become involved because their son’s name is William George Zimmerman, who lived in their Sanford area home in the mid-1990s; however, they are not related to the George Zimmerman, who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Meanwhile, somebody […]
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a two-part opinion series on Spike Lee’s criticisms of the film industry and Tyler Perry’s complicated relationship with black moviegoers. Tomorrow’s column will focus on why Terrell Jermaine Starr feels Tyler Perry should be a director all independent film makers should emulate. SEE ALSO: Has GOP Racism […]
Eddie Murphy will star in a movie about disgraced former Washington D.C. mayor directed by Spike Lee. Marion Barry was famously re-elected mayor after being caught smoking crack with a female friend on camera. Murphy is not known for dramatic roles but scored an Oscar nomination for his role in “Dreamgirls.” This would be the […]
