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Film heavyweights Antoine Fuqua , Spike Lee and John Ridley are teaming up to adapt a French graphic novel into a motion picture.

Spike Lee used "Do the Right Thing" for the title of his racially charged 1989 film.

E.U., originally known as Experience Unlimited, is one of D.C.'s original go-go bands, but they never scored a pop hit until 1988, when "Da Butt" became a dance sensation, thanks to %Spike Lee's #School Daze movie.

It's been twenty years since Do the Right Thing but Spike Lee has continued to grow and innovate as a filmmaker, pushing himself to work outside his comfort zone while never completely leaving his deep-seated convictions about race in America.

I remember when Clerks was announced. It was a Sundance favorite and trailered along with Pulp Fiction .

When Aaron Perry-Zucker sent out an open call for posters inspired by Obama's presidential campaign to post on DesignforObama.org , he didn't expect the windfall of high quality art that arrived from around the world.

One more word about Zia , this year's recipient of the Genius Award for film: It's really useful to compare Zia's growing body of work to that of Malik Hassan Sayeed , the cinematographer for Hype William's only feature, Belly , and two of Spike Lee's best films, Girl 6 and Clockers - he also did second unit work on Gattaca and Eyes Wide Shut .

San Serac , Baltimore native and established disco revivalist, has announced the release of his new EP, Music Never Ends , due to hit the streets November 10 on Environ Records .

Pardon the play on the title of the 1988 Oscar nominated Jeff Bridges film but as I found out after speaking with David Tucker Jr, the visionary behind Peep This Entertainment, the production company that for the past two years has made the movie-making dreams of Birmingham area students come true, the film's title suits his story too.

Director Fred Sternfeld, Kyle Primous and Kristi Little rehearse a scene in Karamu Theatre's "Yellowman." For Americans of African descent, race is not just a matter of black and white.

Spike Lee's always been outspoken -- bashing fellow filmmakers for ignoring black contributions at Iwo Jima or for being too white to direct Malcolm X . Sometimes he has a point, sometimes he's just popping off.

What's good, everybody? It's been a week since returning from Cali and there's no place like home.

Just as they felt about Spike Lee's film "School Daze" 21 years ago, some African Americans are giving a chilly reception to Chris Rock's new movie, "Good Hair," because each film in its way reveals something about black people that a lot of black people don't believe is anybody else's business.

After Shepard Faireya s a oe Art for Obama a comes a oe Design for Obama ,a a book of posters for the president.

When I was watching Good Hair , I was disappointed that the filmmakers didn't use this clip from Spike Lee's 1990 collegiate musical School Daze , with the straight-haired girls facing off against the nappy-haired ones in a dance number.

I personally think Spike Lee is the image of witch he speaks in the comment made towards Tyler Perry.

Caption: Spike Lee and Tonya Lews Lee 6th annual Keep a Child Alive New York City, USA .... Outspoken moviemaker SPIKE LEE has picked a new film fight with actor/director TYLER PERRY after suggesting the MADEA GOES TO JAIL star's hit films are a step backwards for African-Americans. The Do The Right Thing director accuses Perry of "coonery and ...

There are artists who speak of the struggle or their hardships, who express where they've been and what they experienced clearly to their respected audiences.

The subject of follicle prejudice in the African-American community is a fascinating one that's been rather shortchanged in mainstream entertainment; the last time I remember it really boiling to the surface is in the brutally honest "Straight and Nappy" production number in Spike Lee's 1988 effort School Daze .

You are my sunshine when it's raining outside Somehow you brighten my day and just to hear you say How are, what are you doing, or you sure you're okay And when I say I'm good you know better it's so ironic That you know me You do know me So in the mist of it all we try to do the right thing But let the truth be known we're both human beings And of ...