Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Roger Guenveur Smith Starring: Roger Guenveur Smith Synopsis: Smith’s one-man show begins with the actor rapping from his own text, mashing up references to slavery and contemporary life in the U.S. The performance then segues to Smith...
by Monique Jones | Shadow and Act If you’re tired of Halloween celebrations that are all pumpkins, candy and costumes over the truly spooky, these 13 Black horror films will put the fear back into your holiday. 1. Blacula Every Black horror film binge should...
Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Wins Grand Prix Award At Cannes After receiving nearly universal acclaim after is bow at the Cannes Film Festival, Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman has been awarded the Grand Prix award, which is the runner-up award. The...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Spike Lee, Kevin Willmott, Ron Stallworth (book), Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz Starring: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Topher Grace, Laura Harrier, Alec Baldwin, Paul Walter Hauser, Ryan Eggold, Corey Hawkins, Robert John...
Director: Dexton Deboree Writer(s): Dexton Deboree Starring: Spike Lee, Anthony Anderson, Michael B. Jordan, DJ Khaled, Lena Waithe, Kenya Barris, Jason Sudeikis, Carmelo Anthony, Russell Westbrook, Chuck D, Gizzle, Christian Combs, Kid Ink, Quincy Jones...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Antoinette Nwandu Starring: Blake DeLong, Jon Michael Hill, Ryan Hallahan, Julian Parker Synopsis: Two young men pass the time, dreaming of the promised land. READ REVIEW Release Date: January 26, 2018 (USA) | Length: 74 min | Genre:...
VENUE: The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NYC DATE & TIME: Through October 16, 2017 (see schedule) DESCRIPTION: Black Intimacy explores the ways in which black familial, romantic, and platonic relationships have been portrayed onscreen, with a particular focus on...
by Owen Gleiberman | Variety Do white filmmakers have the right to make a movie like “Detroit”? The moral right, that is? Set during the Detroit riots of 1967, the movie tells an essential true story about the brutalization of African-Americans. The fact that the...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Roger Guenveur Smith Starring: Roger Guenveur Smith Synopsis: An adaptation of Roger Guenveur Smith’s Bessie Award-winning stage production of the same name, a powerful and timely performance using gesture, voice, and historical document...
by Tambay Obenson | Shadow and Act Launched at New York University (NYU) in 1996, the Black Genius series was conceived by author Walter Mosley, Manthia Diawara (Director of the Institute of Afro-American Affairs at NYU) and writer, film scholar and emeritus NYU...
from Shadow & Act The Milwaukee Film Festival Announces Black Lens Program Lineup For our readers in Milwaukee… a program of films at the upcoming Milwaukee Film Festival that should interest you – some of them indie films you may not get to see in a theatrical...
from Shadow & Act The 14th Annual Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF), presented by Run&Shoot Filmworks, to be held from August 8–13, 2016, will feature a slate of high-caliber films from emergent filmmakers, panels, conversations and...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee Starring: Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Samuel L. Jackson, John Cusack, Jennifer Hudson, David Patrick Kelly, D.B. Sweeney, Dave Chappelle, Steve Harris, Harry Lennix, Tony...
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act It continues to be a point of contention, even among black people. Who gets to tell *our* stories? It’s a guaranteed debate starter – new film or TV project is announced with black protagonist(s), but non-black creator...
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act It may come as a surprise to some that Spike Lee, despite a 30-year-long career as a filmmaker, and over 20 feature films, has never won an Academy Award (unless you count the Student Academy Award he received in 1983 for his NYU...
By Pete Hammond | Deadline Hollywood The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just unveiled its honorees for the 2015 Governors Awards, with Spike Lee and Gena Rowlands landing the annual honorary Oscars and Debbie Reynolds getting the Jean Hersholt...
Brian Steinberg | @bristei | Variety.com Spike Lee would rather watch a movie in a big theater than on a mobile-phone screen. “I know I’m a dinosaur,” Lee said while holding forth at Variety’s Entertainment and Technology conference in New York, but “there’s something...
By Jeff Sneider | The Wrap.com Spike Lee is making his next movie for Amazon Studios and the Oscar-nominated filmmaker is courting Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Piven, Common and Kanye West for the ensemble cast of “Chiraq,” multiple individuals familiar with the project...
Director: Bert Marcus Writer(s): Bert Marcus Stars: 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Evander Holyfield, Bernard Hopkins, Ron Howard, Spike Lee, Mike Tyson, Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington Synopsis: A documentary on boxing greats Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Spike Lee (screenplay), Bill Gunn, Vinnie Lewis Starring: Stephen Tyrone Williams, Zaraah Abrahams, Rami Malek, Elvis Nolasco, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Joie Lee, Felicia Pearson, Jeni Perillo, Katherine Borowitz, Donna Dixon, Chiz Schultz,...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Spike Lee, James McBride Starring: Limary Agosto, Sumayya Ali, Turron Kofi Alleyne, De’Adre Aziza, Jonathan Batiste, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Daniel Breaker, Jules Brown, Charles Anthony Bryant, Janinah Burnett, Thomas Jefferson Byrd,...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): John Ridley Starring: Eric Arriola, Joseph Basile, Sakinah Bingham, Akim Black, John Boyega, Kim Brockington, Niesha Butler, Albert M. Chan, Mario D’Leon, Kam Dabrowski, David Lee Denny Jr., Aaron Dorsey, Gabriel Ellis, Cory...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): James McBride Starring: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco Favino, Valentina Cervi, Matteo Sciabordi, John Turturro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Leguizamo, Kerry Washington, D.B. Sweeney, Robert John...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Michael Genet, Spike Lee Starring: Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin, Monica Bellucci, Jim Brown, Ossie Davis, Jamel Debbouze, Brian Dennehy, Woody Harrelson, Bai Ling, Lonette McKee, Paula Jai Parker, Q-Tip, Dania Ramirez,...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): David Benioff Starring: Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Tony Siragusa, Levani, Tony Devon, Misha Kuznetsov, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Michael Genet, Patrice O’Neal, Al Palagonia,...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Roger Guenveur Smith Starring: Roger Guenveur Smith Synopsis: The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Blank Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform. Release Date: June 18, 2001 (USA)| Length: 86...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Spike Lee Starring: Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Michael Rapaport, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Paul Mooney, Sarah Jones, Gillian White, Susan Batson, Yasiin Bey, M.C. Serch, Gano Grills, Canibus, DJ...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Spike Lee Starring: Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich, Rosario Dawson, Hill Harper, Zelda Harris, Ned Beatty, Jim Brown, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Bill Nunn, Michele Shay, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Roger Guenveur Smith, John Turturro,...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): N/A Starring: Maxine McNair, Chris McNair, Helen Pegues, Queen Nunn, Arthur Hanes Jr., Howell Raines, Harold McNair, Carole C. Smitherman, Wamo Reed Robertson, Dianne Braddock, Carolyn Lee Brown, Alpha Robertson, Wyatt Tee Walker, Fred...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Reggie Rock Bythewood Starring: De’aundre Bonds, Andre Braugher, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Gabriel Casseus, Albert Hall, Hill Harper, Harry Lennix, Bernie Mac, Wendell Pierce, Roger Guenveur Smith, Isaiah Washington, Richard Belzer, Steve...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Richard Price (book, screenplay), Spike Lee (screenplay) Starring: Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, Isaiah Washington, Keith David, Peewee Love, Regina Taylor, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Sticky Fingaz, Fredro...
Director: David C. Johnson Writer(s): David Taylor, David C. Johnson, Butch Robinson tarring: Eriq La Salle, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Ving Rhames, Kasi Lemmons, Leonard L. Thomas, Nicole Powell, Eric Payne, Crystal R. Fox, Vanessa Williams, Michael Ralph, Billy ‘Sly’...
Director: Steve James Writer(s): Steve James, Frederick Marx Starring: William Gates, Arthur Agee, Emma Gates, Curtis Gates, Sheila Agee, Arthur ‘Bo’ Agee,, Earl Smith, Gene Pingatore, Isiah Thomas, Marlyn Hopewell, Bill Gleason, Patricia Weir, Marjorie Heard, Luther...
Director: John Akomfrah Writer(s): John Akomfrah, Edward George Starring: Darrick Harris, Danny Carter, Martin Boothe, Byron O. Hurlock, Edward George, Tricia Rose, Theodore L. Cash, Olamide Faison, Tiffany Nelson, Tiffany Tate, Giancarlo Esposito, Toni Cade Bambara,...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Alex Haley and Malcolm X (book), Arnold Perl and Spike Lee (screenplay) Starring: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Theresa Randle, Kate Vernon, Lonette McKee, Tommy Hollis, James...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Spike Lee Starring: Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito, Robin Harris, Joie Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Dick Anthony Williams, Cynda Williams, Nicholas Turturro, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Samuel L. Jackson,...
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Spike Lee Starring: Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Danny Aiello, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Paul Benjamin, Frankie Faison, Robin Harris, Joie Lee, Miguel Sandoval, Rick Aiello, John Savage, Samuel L....
Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Spike Lee Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Kyme, Joe Seneca, Ellen Holly, Art Evans, Ossie Davis, Bill Nunn, James Bond III, Branford Marsalis, Kadeem Hardison, Eric Payne, Spike Lee, Anthony...
