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Spike Lee Movie Essentials Part 8

Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See - Part 8
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See - Part 8
Movies from Spike Lee

Ace in the Hole

A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control media circus.
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
I Met Mr. Douglas Once At His Manhattan Hotel Room. He Graciously Signed A Bunch Of Posters For Me. This A Show Card For One Of My Favorite Films ACE IN HOLE. I Screen It Every Year To My NYU Grad Film Class.
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Rashomon

Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
AKIRA KUROSAWA Is One My True Hero’s. His Classic Film RASHOMON, Gave Me The Premise For My 1st Joint SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT.
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Spike Lee Movie Essentials Part 7

Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See - Part 6
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See - Part 6
Movies recommended by Spike Lee
10 movies

Spike Lee Movie Essentials Part 6

Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See - Part 6
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See - Part 6
Movies recommended by Spike Lee
10 movies

Spike Lee Movie Essentials Part 5

Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See - Part 5
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See - Part 5
Movies recommended by Spike Lee
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Spike Lee Movie Essentials Part 4

Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See - Part 4
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See - Part 4
Movies recommended by Spike Lee
10 movies

Spike Lee Movie Essentials Part 3

Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See - Part 3
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See - Part 3
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Spike Lee Movie Essentials Part 2

Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See - Part 2
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See - Part 2
Movies recommended by Spike Lee
10 movies

Spike Lee Movie Essentials Part 1

Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See
Books from Spike Lee

The Bruce Lee Way

This fascinating collection showcases how Bruce Lee lived and how we can all live better, fuller lives by following his example. Bruce Lee was more than a movie star or a martial artist. For many people, he was a living example of the incredible things a person can accomplish through dedication, perseverance and sheer force of will. In just 33 years before his untimely death, Bruce Lee created new styles of fighting, and became an international film star, television personality, philosopher and cultural icon in the process. This inspirational new book presents a carefully curated selection of photos, stories, anecdotes and ephymera, plus favorite film notes, lines and commentary from friends, family, peers and rivals. It distills the iconic fighter’s approach to making the most out of life into a beautifully bound book that would be treasured by any Bruce Lee fan, as well as those readers looking for an inspired approach to living a richer, more fulfilling existence.
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Righteous Readin’ On A Blessed Sunday Mawnin’. “If You Don’t Want To Slip Up Tomorrow Speak The Truth Today”. BRUCE LEE
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The old man and the sea

The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cuba, and published in 1952.
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Woke Up At 430am ( I’m On Brooklyn Time),Couldn’t Go Back To Sleep And Saw This Book On The Night Stand. I Thank God He Woke My Ass Up. How Did I Not Read This Great Piece Of Literature Before
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Their Eyes Were Watching God

Initially published in 1937, this novel about a proud, independent black woman has, since its reissue in trade paper in 1978, been the most widely readand highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature. With this richly illustrated new edition, the novel is finally accorded the treatment it deserves as a classic.
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
First Edition Copy 1937 . This Novel Was A Great Inspiration To Me For My 1st Feature Film SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT,Way, Way Back In 1986. I Thank Zora For The Many Blessings That Have Fallen On Me Since Then
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Barracoon: The Story of the Last Slave

Abducted from Africa, sold in America. “A deeply affecting record of an extraordinary life”- Daily Telegraph A major literary event: a newly published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God, with a foreword from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker. This account illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells the true story of one of the last-known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade. In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis, who was abducted from Africa on the last "Black Cargo" ship to arrive in the United States. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nation’s history. Hurston was there to record Cudjo’s firsthand account of the raid that led to his capture and bondage fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed in the United States. In 1931, Hurston returned to Plateau, the African-centric community three miles from Mobile founded by Cudjo and other former slaves from his ship. Spending more than three months there, she talked in depth with Cudjo about the details of his life. During those weeks, the young writer and the elderly formerly enslaved man ate peaches and watermelon that grew in the backyard and talked about Cudjo’s past—memories from his childhood in Africa, the horrors of being captured and held in a barracoon for selection by American slavers, the harrowing experience of the Middle Passage packed with more than 100 other souls aboard the Clotilda, and the years he spent in slavery until the end of the Civil War. Based on those interviews, featuring Cudjo’s unique vernacular, and written from Hurston’s perspective with the compassion and singular style that have made her one of the preeminent American authors of the twentieth-century, Barracoon masterfully illustrates the tragedy of slavery and of one life forever defined by it. Offering insight into the pernicious legacy that continues to haunt us all, black and white, this poignant and powerful work is an invaluable contribution to our shared history and culture.
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
his Is The Long Lost,Recently Discovered Book By The Saint ZORA NEALE HURSTON That Came Out Yesterday In Book Stores. Let’s Honor Her Great Gift To Us By Buying Many Books.
Books from Spike Lee

Let America be America Again and Other Poems

A Vintage Original “I believe in an America in which opportunity and justice truly are for all. That was the essence of the life an poetry of Langston Hughes.”—Senator John Kerry, from the Preface A beautifully designed collection of some of the greatest poems by a quintessentially American poet, whose theme of the promise of American inclusiveness continues to ring true. Langston Hughes was uncommonly attuned to the ideals of freedom and democracy and the sometimes elusive American dream. The poems collected here offer a hopeful, truly democratic vision for America. Incantatory and stirring, passionate and provocative, they are as resonant for our times as they were over half a century ago. Contents: “Let America Be America Again,” “Dream of Freedom,” “America,” “Search,” “Some Day,” “In Time of Silver Rain,” “Dare,” “Give Us Our Peace,” “I Dream a World.”
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
LET AMERICA BE AMERICA AGAIN-This Is A Great Poem By The Great American Poet LANGSTON HUGHES. Even Though Published In July Of 1936 It Still Speaks To The Upside Down,Topsy Turvy And KKKrazy World We Live In. Please Take The Time To Read Outloud To Yourself Or Somebody Else. Bless You.
Music from Spike Lee

Faithful

Spike Lee
Director, Producer
For Ya Listening And Viewing Pleasure, I Present Meshell Ndegeocello’s (One of Brooklyn’s Finest) “Faithful”. From Her Album Bitter
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The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975

Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Dope. Check This Out If U Haven’t Already.
Music from Spike Lee

Ray of Light (U.S. Version)

Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Special Shout Out To Madonna For The 20th Anniversary Of Her Super -Dope Joint Album RAY OF LIGHT. My Jams Are RAY OF LIGHT, NOTHING REALLY MATTERS And FROZEN. DO YA Self A Flavor And Check It Out. I Wouldn’t Steer Ya Wrong. And Dat’s Da Madonna Truth,Ruth. YA-DIG? SHO-NUFF.
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The Notorious B.I.G.

Spike Lee
Director, Producer
One Of Da Republic Of Brooklyn’s Finest.
Music from Spike Lee

The Temptations

Spike Lee
Director, Producer
We Will Be Floatin’ Down Da Red Carpet Tonight To Da Temptations Classic Anthem BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What The World Is Today). Great Mooga Booga Can’t Ya Hear Me Talkin’ To YA.
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7 Musicians that Inspired Spike Lee

Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Music from Spike Lee

A Change Is Gonna Come

Spike Lee
Director, Producer
I think the best use of music that’s already been done was Sam Cooke’s "A Change Is Gonna Come" in Malcolm X. That’s a monster.
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Coochie Time

Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Were there any lyrics that got stuck in your head? Ones where you were like, "Lyrically, this is an amazing song"? "Coochie Time" [by Nou Ra]. It’s a very sensual movie, so "Coochie Time" just fit right in.
Music from Spike Lee

What's Going On

Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Back Cover Of One Of THE GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME.Yes, Vinyl. Whatchu Know ‘Bout Dat.
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It's All over Now, Baby Blue

Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Music Lovers Did You Know That My Father, The Great Bill Lee Played Bass On The Song "IT'S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE" On BOB DYLAN'S BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME ALBUM?
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Norman W. Lewis | America the Beautiful (1960) | Artsy

From Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Norman W. Lewis, America the Beautiful (1960), Oil on canvas, 50 × 64 in
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
America The Beautiful By Norman Lewis. This Piece Has Been Part Of The Soul Of A Nation-Art In The Age Of Black Power Tour. Tonya And Love This Piece And Are Very Proud To Have It In Our Own Art Collection.
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Samuel Lind

A humble host and an impressive exposition of culture and art is what you will find in Samuel Lind Studio. The art studio of the well know Puerto Rican artist Samuel Lind is a beautiful experience for those who enjoy the art and are willing to experience culture through art. In the studio, you will be able to meet the artist and know about his way of exploring culture and the way he paints. Furthermore, you will be able to acquire some original prints from Mr. Lind.
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Art By Samuel Lind
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Darius Clark Monroe

Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Another is Darius Monroe — another one of my students at NYU. His film was on PBS [Monday] night, Evolution of Criminal.
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Michael Larnell

Spike Lee
Director, Producer
re there any other up-and-coming black directors you want people to know about? There's a young African-American cat named Michael Larnell who did this film called Cronies, which is going to make its world debut in Sundance.
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Samuel L. Jackson

Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Da Biggest 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜Shout Out To Mr. Samuel L. Jackson,My Morehouse Brother. Deep Respect,Spike-Class Of ‘79
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Jean-Michel Basquiat

Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Basquiat. Checking Out My Brother’s Exhibition Here In Paris
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Manny Valerio

Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Appropriate For Today. “DESCEND FROM BED-STUY DO OR DIE” By The Gifted Artists @cal_the_artist And @valerioart.
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Cal the Artist

(@cal_the_artist)
Spike Lee
Director, Producer
Appropriate For Today. “DESCEND FROM BED-STUY DO OR DIE” By The Gifted Artists @cal_the_artist And @valerioart.