Spike Lee

After having spent half his life chastising American film producer Tyler Perry for his purported 'coonery,' film director Spike Lee finally gave in to his primordial instincts and released a movie featuring himself as a big, black woman with an attitude.

Spike Lee outwardly criticizes two actors, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ving Rhames, in his 2000 satirical film "Bamboozled." Both actors won awards, and both of their acceptance speeches could be called "interesting."

Here's a list of my Top 5 films by director, producer, writer and actor Spike Lee.

Five years after the devestation of Katrina, Spike Lee goes back to New Orleans for his new HBO Documentary: If God Is Willing and the Creek Don't Rise.

Spike Lee's next film is tentatively titled Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson. The motion picture, with an original screenplay penned by Spike Lee, will be set in Brooklyn, New York. Who will star in Spike Lee's film Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson?

Spike Lee has come down hard on Tyler Perry for characters like Madea and Mr. Brown, but should he be more concerned with correcting his own personality instead of other filmmakers?

Director Spike Lee has been "edutaining" the masses for more than two decades. Which one of his infamous Spike Lee "Joints" is your favorite?

Spike Lee's movie Do the Right Thing is a commentary on the racism inflicting the United States at the time. This article analyzes the elements of heat, color, and sound in the movie used as metaphors for the escalating racial tensions.

Spike Lee's controversial and timely movie about racial equality and tensions of 1989 that means just as much now in our political and social turmoil.

A collection of insightful essays and film reviews are spotlighted in the German book on the African-American filmmaker Spike Lee's cinema selections.

Based on the novel by James McBride, "Miracle at St. Anna" tells the story of the Buffalo Soldiers, an all-black fighting unit.

Can anyone rob a bank? According to FBI stats, it must be easier than we think.

Spike Lee told Kiran Chetry that he hoped that Senator John McCain, who has confirmed that he will not participate in the debate scheduled for Friday evening, "had the guts" to show up. Then he called McCain's decision a "punk move."

Film director Spike Lee, of Do the Right Thing and She's Gotta Have It, has picked a fight with fellow film director Clint Eastwood, of Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. It seems like a bold thing to do, but as with anything Spike Lee does it's all about race.

One thing about Spike Lee, he generates shock waves. Unlike most filmmakers, his ripples start in the pop culture and swell right into the realm of public debate. He's still relevant today. Just look back at the first movies and you'll feel the sway.

"Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads" was Spike Lee's first feature, made in 1982 when he was a student hotshot at New York University's film school. Even then, Lee was showing he had the tools to be someone big.

These top 6 African-American directors have directed some of the most important movies in history.

This article looks back at the film career of Ossie Davis.