Spike Lee

The red carpet is rolled out at the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival on July 6, 2021, in Cannes, France.

Cannes Rolls Out The Red Carpet For An Expanded, More Inclusive Film Festival

5:15pm July 06, 2021

After the cancellation of the festival in 2020 due to COVID-19, the Cannes Film Festival returns to the French Riviera with an expanded program and a historic jury led by filmmaker Spike Lee.

DeWanda Wise plays Nola, a self-described "sex-positive, polyamorous, pansexual," in the Neflix series She's Gotta Have It.

Arts

31 Years Later, Spike Lee Puts A New Spin On 'She's Gotta Have It'

4:45pm December 14, 2017

by Terry Gross

In a new 10-part Netflix series, Lee revisits his story of a young black artist who loves sex but isn't interested in a committed relationship.

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Politics & Government

Spike Lee, Morgan Freeman Heat Up Democrats' Battle For Black Endorsements

1:55pm February 23, 2016

by Brakkton Booker

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have been fighting hard to win over African-American voters. They're a critical voting bloc in Saturday's Democratic primary in South Carolina.

Teyonah Parris plays Lysistrata in Spike Lee's

National

'Chi-Raq' And A Hard Place: What Critics Are Saying About Spike Lee's New Movie

7:04am December 09, 2015

by Leah Donnella

When it comes to problems of violence in Chicago, does Lee's latest help, or hurt? We rounded up some smart takes on the film.