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A great shot of the cast of Miracle at St. Anna. Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Spike Lee, Michael Ealy, and Derek Luke. Looking sharp fellas.
As the saga of New Orleans’s rebirth continues, so does director Spike Lee’s documentation of it. If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise, which premiered Aug. 23 on HBO, is his second four-hour documentary about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, following 2006’s Peabody Award–winning When the Levees Broke.
In his last college lecture for the school year, renowned filmmaker and director Spike Lee spoke words of encouragement to hundreds last night at the University of Arizona’s Centennial Hall.
With successful films such as “Do The Right Thing” and “Malcolm X” to his name, the director came out looking relaxed in white Jordan Spiz’ikes and a polo shirt over a long-sleeved shirt, and asked, “Is Brooklyn in the house?” Lee, 53, made no effort to conceal his love for his hometown, wearing a New York Yankees cap.
Lee began by discussing his path to filmmaking. His mother dragged the young Lee to art events. “I was kicking and screaming,” Lee said. “Now I’m glad she brought me.” It was this early exposure to art, he said, that created the foundation for him to pursue filmmaking.
Lee then went to the historically black, all-male Morehouse College, claiming to have been a terrible student. “I was a C student … I didn’t apply myself,” he says.