Spike Lee's journey from guerrilla filmmaker to Hollywood insider is explored in light of his personal background, the cultural influence of his films, and the extensive scholarship his movies have inspired.This insightful study probes the iconic filmmaker's career as a director and shaper of American culture. It not only sheds light on the ways in which Lee's background, influences, and outlook affect his films but also discusses how he participates in, transforms...

Spike Lee is a groundbreaking moviemaker and Academy Award winner. While tackling important issues, he's helped change the way Black stories are told on film and inspired future generations of filmmakers. This book explores his life and his fascinating films. Includes table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, filmography, and sidebars.

The filmmakers who defy convention and validate the legitimacy of the auteur theory are revealed in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From foreign masters of direction and style Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini to champions of independent film Spike Lee and The Coen Brothers to the godfathers of the gangster movie Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese, the visionaries to constantly push the boundaries of their medium and portray hu...

Spike Lee, l’enfant terrible du cinéma afro-américain, est depuis ses débuts en 1986 autant connu pour l’originalité de son cinéma que pour ses coups d’éclats médiatiques. Baptisé “le Noir le plus en colère d’Amérique” à l’occasion de la sortie de Malcolm X (1992), il n’a eu de cesse tout au long de sa carrière d’entretenir la polémique. Avec des œuvres engagées comme Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, The Very Black Show ou BlacKkKlansman, mais aussi des films moins controversés tels He Go...

Directors Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, and Spike Lee emerged as filmmakers toward the end of the 1960s, when the breakdown of the studio system paved the way for new production partnerships and gave more creative authority to directors, actors, and writers. In what has come to be called the “Indie” movement, these directors were able to explore ethno-racial themes with more frankness than previously allowed. From the perspectives of their own minority communities, Scorsese, Allen, and Lee...

Trente ans avant les événements de Ferguson, Spike Lee créait la polémique avec Do The Right Thing, brûlot sur les tensions raciales et de frustration urbaine à Brooklyn.Jamais avant Spike Lee un cinéaste n'avait filmé le ghetto du point de vue d'un accro au crack se vantant d'avoir " fumé la télé Sony de sa mère " ou d'un sneaker addict entrant dans une rage folle lorsqu'un cycliste caucasien (on ne disait pas encore hipster à l'époque) a roulé sur sa pa...

Spike Lee has directed, written, produced, and acted in dozens of films that present an expansive, nuanced, proudly opinionated, and richly multifaceted portrait of American society. As the only African-American filmmaker ever to establish a world-class career, Lee has paid acute attention to the experiences of racial and ethnic minorities. But white men and women also play important roles in his movies, and his interest in class, race, and urban life hasn’t prevented his films from rangin...

A rare look at Spike Lee's creative appropriation of the documentary film genre.In this groundbreaking book, Delphine Letort sheds light on a neglected part of Spike Lee's filmmaking by offering a rare look at his creative engagement with the genre of documentary filmmaking. Ranging from history to sports and music, Lee has tackled a diversity of topics in such nonfiction films as 4 Little Girls, A Huey P. Newton Story, Jim Brown: All-American...

The Spike Lee Enigma is an exploration of ideology and political economy in the films and career of one of America's most controversial filmmakers. Since the 1980s Spike Lee has created numerous films that are socially challenging, some would even say radical, while simultaneously maintaining a collaborative relationship with mainstream Hollywood and the global advertising industry. Lee, thus, seemingly represents an enigma – operating on the margins of both hegemonic and counter-...

Over his twenty-plus year tenure in Hollywood, Spike Lee has produced a number of controversial films that unapologetically confront sensitive social issues, particularly those of race relations and discrimination. Through his honest portrayals of life's social obstacles, he challenges the public to reflect on the world's problems and divisions. The innovative director created a name for himself with feature films such as Do the Right Thing (1989) and Malcolm X (1992), an...

Spike Lee's challenging film Bamboozled (2000) is often read as a surface level satire of blackface minstrelsy. Careful analysis, however, gives way to a complex and nuanced study of the history of black performance. This book analyzes the work of five men, minstrel performer Bert Williams, director Oscar Micheaux, writer Ralph Ellison, painter Michael Ray Charles, and director Spike Lee, all through the lens of this misunderstood film. Equal parts biography and cultural analysis,...

This book is your ultimate Spike Lee resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Spike Lee's whole picture right away. Get countless Spike Lee facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.The Spike Lee Handbook is the single and largest Spike Lee reference book. This compendium of information is the authorit...