Afua Hirsch Instagram – Spike Lee exhibition @brooklynmuseum is an ode to African American creative and cultural icons as much as a retrospective of his own work
Malcolm X – a film he had to fundraise from the black community to make, an act of solidarity and belief of which I remind myself often
A Ghana film poster, reminder of the global impact of that film; especially for the oppressed and the colonised
Toni Morrison, my writer GOAT
Portrait here by @timokamura , 2020
A 1986 @nytimes article about She’s Gotta Have it
“Mr Lee anticipates that “She’s Gotta Have It” will spawn considerable controversy, since it shows behaviour and attitudes that some blacks might not want whites to see, especially in the wake of the furor surrounding “The Color Purple.”
*Fascinating*
A painting which breaks my heart every time I see it. Sarah Weaver’s “Boy behind the mask of Michael Jackson”, 2008
Spike Lee with his grandfather, Richard Jackson Shelton, circa 1960’s. I really love this photo
I spent a super memorable afternoon with Spike Lee in 2016 and learned so much more about him today!
Also about time to see Brooklyn Museum acknowledging its location in Lenapehoking on land stolen from the Lenape people
And the long complicity of it and other colonial era museums in erasing and profiting from those crimes
#knowyourhistory
#spikelee
#exhibition
#movie
#greats
#black
#art | Posted on 26/Oct/2023 21:33:02
