A group of Brooklyn-based artists and film folk have organized a multi-part, multi-venue tribute to BK’s finest, Shelton Jackson “Spike” Lee. The tribute includes art and photo exhibits, a panel discussion at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University, a poetry reading, a “He Got Game” father/son basketball game, and (coming in August) a block party. Go here for the details.
Also, on June 30, Lee’s masterpiece, and one of the great NYC films, Do The Right Thing, turns twenty years old. Lee was recently quoted as saying that in the age of Obama, the movie belongs to a historical period that’s now over and done with. But if the racial rhetoric and news headlines referenced in the story are dated, the film itself feels more than ever like an enduring classic.
—Nelson Kim
Thanks to HammertoNail for the link.
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