A Spike Lee Joint

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SPike Lee

Jalen Brown

Bio: Early Years

Spike Lee is a film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and professor. Winning over countless awards, he is known for being fearless in talking and showing taboo topics within his movies. To say the less he is a man of controvery in a way in which he challenegs the status quos of Hollywood. This is best seen in a statement he said about his works.

“A spine to my films that’s become more evident to me is that many are about the choices people make, and the reverberations of those choices. You go this way, or that way, and either way, there’s going to be consequences.”

On March 20, 1957 in Atlanta Georgia, Spike Lee, borned Shelton Jackson Lee was born. Moving to Brooklyn, New York at a young age, Lee was born to an artistic and educational household. After Attending John Dewey High School, he would attend both Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University the latter being where he took fim courses. After graduating he would attened and later graduate from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a masters in the fine arts of Televesion and Film Page 1

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Bio: Movies Done

During his time in college he would create three short films and one feature film for his thesis. In 1986, he would make his debut with She’s Gotta Have It. The film was well recived and grossed over 7.1 million dollars effectively kick starting his career. After the release of School Daze, in 1989, he would release Do The Right Thing. The movie was a massive success and promoted racial debates throughout the country. From that point on he would continue to make influential movies that are still viewed today.

Notable Films: • She’s Gotta Have It (1986) • Do the Right Thing (1989) • Mo Better Blues (1990) • Jungle Fever (1991) • Malcolm X (1992) • BlacKkKlansman (2018) • Da 5 Bloods (2020) Page 3

Monument Description

For the monument I want the film reels to have the logo for Spike Lee’s production company 40 Acres and a Mule. For the reels themselves I decided to list the years of Spike Lees most reconigzable films seen on the 3rd page.

For the base I want to put Spike Lee’s catchphrases on there and add two other elements from the logo.

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Monument Picture

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Monument Location Description For the first location the monument would be located near the music and theather buiding at George Mason.

The second location of the monument

would be located by the entrance of

NYU’s Tisch School of Arts.

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Picture of Monument Location

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Spike Lee Contributions and Signifigance

Spike Lee’s Contributions is one that is in both his movies and what he did for society.

Contibutions: • His films brought light to many issues in the black community • Do the Right Thing sparked racial debates still seen today • Spike Lee is a professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts • Supported disadvantage communities through a series of charities and scholarships • Played a part in giving black/ethinc filmmakers a voice

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