Spike Lee : that's my story and I'm sticking to it / as told to Kaleem Aftab.

Spike Lee : that's my story and I'm sticking to it / as told to Kaleem Aftab.

First American edition.

0393061531

New York : W.W. Norton, 2005.

English

viii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

9780393061536

PN1998.3.L44 A63 2005

791.43/0233/092 B

Lee is the provocative director whose pioneering films--from Do the Right Thing and Jungle Fever to Malcolm X--helped transform the face of late twentieth-century America. Since bursting onto the scene in 1986 with the sexually provocative She's Gotta Have It, He has been one of America's most visionary and controversial cinematic figures. With film critic Kaleem Aftab, Lee chronicles his explosive rise to stardom, exploring such important issues as Black Nationalism, Hollywood stereotyping, and the rise of a powerful black middle class. With Lee family interviews and the candid revelations of stars like Halle Berry, Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Laurence Fishburne, Ed Norton, John Turturro, Rosie Perez, and Wesley Snipes, this book is the story of a visionary life in the cinema, telling us as much about Lee as it does about the past two decades of American social history.--From publisher description.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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