Spike Lee
Date of Birth: 20 Mar 1957
Country: USA
Biography: Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983. Lee's movies have examined race relations, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. Lee has won an Emmy Award and was nominated for two Academy Awards...(Wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 31 (Actor), 46 (Director), 17 (Writer), 1 (Creator)
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It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, and tensions are growing there, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie, Sal's delivery boy, manages to always be at the center of the action.
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This mockumentary is a roller coaster ride through the rose-tinted glasses of an aspiring actress's dreams and dramas. (First Look Pictures)
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Biography of Malcolm X, the famous African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a minister) was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. He became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim. (imdb)
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An unforgettable account of the "Rumble in the Jungle," this Oscar-winning film captures all the magic of Muhammad Ali at the peak of his triumphant career. (Universal)
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A chronological collage of Melvin Van Peebles, a beyond-Renaissance man. (Film Forum)
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A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. (imdb)
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40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes. The results run the gamut from Zhang Yimou's convention-thwarting joke to David Lynch's bizarre miniature epic. (imdb)
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Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug-lord Rodney Little, who, when not playing with model trains or drinking Moo for his ulcer, just likes to chill with his brothers near the benches outside the project houses. When a night man at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike's older brother turns himself in as the killer... (imdb)
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Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of Bleek's and Shadow's friendly rivalry on stage which spills into their professional relationship and threatens to tear apart the quartet. (imdb)
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In the South of the United States are taking place confrontations between two groups of students who have different ideas and are not able to accept the one of the oponent. (imdb)
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This Spike Lee film examines the life of an aspiring actress in New York. She is upset by the treatment of women in the movie industry during one of her screen tests with 'QT'. Out of work and desperate for money, she decides to take a job as a phone-sex operator... (imdb)
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Kobe Doin' Work (2009) - TV Movie
A documentary following Kobe Bryant during one day of the 2008 NBA playoffs.
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Documentary portrays the saga of how Italian Americans went from being outsiders who were stereotyped as gangsters in American movies to insiders in Hollywood who took control of their own stories. Interviews, film clips and home movies from Italian American filmmakers highlight personal experiences and comment on Hollywood's politics and cultural impact. (imdb)
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A narration of Fernando Arrabal's 1969 novel of the same title. While the name suggests little, what you see in the film might be better titled as Mondo Arrabal. As you obliquely dive into the world of Arrabal through the meanderings of Leila Fischer through the streets of New York, there seems to be little congruence between what she does and the narration.
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A boy from Atlanta lands in Brooklyn to spend the summer with his grandfather, who he's never seen before. (imdb)
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Political satire about an underground militant group that kidnaps African-Americans who have sold out their race. (imdb)
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An intimate portrait of the black arts movement that exploded in Fort Greene beginning in the mid 1980s through the 1990s as told by writer, historian, and Brooklyn resident Nelson George. (Netflix)
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The Miles Davis Story (2001) - TV Movie
A review of the life and work of Miles Davis as told by those who knew and worked with him. (imdb)
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Five Directors on 'The Battle of Algiers' (2004) - Short Film
Though clocking in at less than 18 minutes, FIVE DIRECTORS provides some information that may help the viewer appreciate aspects of director Gillo Pontecorvo's 1966 classic docudrama, THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS. (imdb)
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A documentary on boxing greats Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins examines their lives in and out of the ring. (imdb)
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Inside the Actors Studio (1994) - TV Series
Famous actors, directors and writers reminisce about their careers and the philosophy behind their careers. (imdb)
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Goodbye to the Normals is a British short film, approximately 4 mins long, which follows a fictional story about a small boy running away from home. (eksisozluk.com)
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Robert Downey, Jr. gives reports and interviews with other stars in this documentary about the Democratic National Convention in 1992.
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A look at the line between art and commerce. Hosted by Dennis Hopper
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From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn. (imdb)
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A novelist and her noisy neighbor develop a feud that captures the attention of the social media outrage machine. (jfdb.jp)
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A short biography on the life of British actor Peter Sellers, often hailed as the greatest comic actor of all time. Included are clips from his early days in British television and rare footage of him performing on the popular radio series "The Goon Show", which began his meteoric rise. Colleagues, fellow actors and several directors who worked with him are interviewed.
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By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005) - Direct-to-Video
This documentary is featured on the "Two-Disc Special Edition" for MALCOLM X (1992), released in 2005. (imdb)
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