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Spike Lee: 'We need to wake up'

Legendary Film Director and Producer Spike Lee joins MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss his latest film Highest 2 Lowest ...
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Newsmax host claims that Spike Lee and Al Sharpton identify with criminals

Newsmax host Rob Schmitt: “those two identify more with the members of the Black community that are killing, that are ...

Spike Lee Says Trump Should 'Think Twice' if He Considers a Federal Takeover of New York: 'The Boogie-Down? Harlem?' | Video

Spike Lee's characters say "Wake up!" in "Do the Right Thing," "School Daze" and "Malcolm X" - and now the director has put ...

9 Spike Lee Joints to Watch (or Revisit) Now

Spike Lee is something of a Cannes legend—a festival regular who was president of the jury in 2021 and returned this year ...

Shoes and Fashion at MVAAFF: Jennifer Hudson and More Guests [PHOTOS]

The 2025 Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival, now in its 23rd iteration, is currently unfolding on the island ...

Here is Eighties New York, in all its brash, seedy glory

In Jonathan Mahler’s vivid and compelling history of New York in the 1980s – The Gods of New York – one incident in ...

Michelle Obama and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Draw Crowds on Martha’s Vineyard

In Oak Bluffs, film premieres, book fairs and star-studded soirees attracted fans who came for the art and stayed for the ...
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Martha's Vineyard film fest returns with Black star power, bold storytelling and cultural legacy

The Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival is back for its 23rd year, celebrating Black filmmakers, actors and tastemakers ...
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The powder keg of 1980s New York

The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe’s romp through the status and racial anxieties of 1980s New York, begins with an unnamed mayor being Mau-Maued by Harlem activists. As he soaks up the ...