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Encyclopedia Articles (1)

Lee, Spike (1957—)

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Lee, Spike (1957—) A controversial artist and a wizard at self-promotion, Spike Lee became America's best known African-American filmmaker in the 1980s. By the end of the 1990s, Lee beca... Read more

Biography (3)

Spike Lee

3,561 words, approx. 12 pages

Controversial filmmaker Spike Lee (born ca. 1957) is known for powerful films such as She's Gotta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), Do The Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Malcolm X (199... Read more

Spike Lee

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Few Americans in the arts are able to boast the exhaustive list of achievements that Spike Lee has accomplished before his fortieth birthday. Since the mid-1980s, the Brooklyn-bred, New York Universit... Read more

Spike Lee

8,408 words, approx. 29 pages

After the release of only three films, Spike Lee has become one of the most provocative young filmmakers to emerge in the late '80s. "I truly believe I was put here to make films, it's as simple as th... Read more

Essays & Analysis (1)

Critical Essay by Kent Jones

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In the following essay, Jones discusses Lee's body of work. The proof of Spike Lee's insight is the clamor of opposing rash positions around his films—how difficult is it to imagi... Read more