Spike Lee and the Battlefield of American History

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Lee pausing during a bike ride on the Upper East Side.
"It’s a funny thing, Zooming with Spike Lee. ... Think of his most famous characters — Mars Blackmon, from his 1986 feature 'She’s Gotta Have It,' and a series of Nike commercials with Michael Jordan; or Mookie from 'Do the Right Thing' — and they’re confronting you head-on. This is Lee’s preferred stance: undaunted, in your face, eye-to-eye. And it works. Even on a stuttering videoconference, the man is unmistakable. ... Now, in the middle of a global calamity, and with a new film, 'Da 5 Bloods,' that revisits the Vietnam War, he is its witness once again — older, more contemplative and as insatiable as ever, despite a legacy as solid as exists in American cinema. ..."
NY Times (Video)

2009 January: Spike Lee, 2014 June: Do the Right Thing (1989), 2016 June: Clockers (1995), 2018 December: BlacKkKlansman (2018)