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Person · 1957–

Spike Lee

The provocative filmmaker who put Black urban life and race at the center of American cinema.

A defining force of [[black-film]].

From "Do the Right Thing" to "Malcolm X" to "BlacKkKlansman," Spike Lee built a body of work that confronts race head-on and opened Hollywood to Black directors.

Black Film & Cinema

On the timeline

  1. June 30, 1989
    Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing"

    Lee's film becomes a landmark of American cinema.

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