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On Wednesday night, Parasite director Bong Joon-Ho received the award at the African American Film Critics Association Awards for best foreign film (perhaps a prelude to an Oscar?), and then he used his acceptance speech to charm the crowd with an anecdote about how Spike Lee taught him to properly swear in English. That’s the magic […]
Paul Benjamin, who played one of the three “cornermen” in 1989’s Do the Right Thing, has died at age 81. The film’s director, Spike Lee, announced the tragic news via Instagram on Wednesday, along with a touching tribute. “I’m Sad To Write That The Great Actor PAUL BENJAMIN (Who Played ML, {Far Left} One Of The Cornermen […]
While Mars Blackmon worked the small screen, Lee put Jordans on the silver screen in most of his early film work. His first flick, 1986’s She’s Gotta Have It, opened Wieden+Kennedy’s eyes to Mars’ love of Js. The director’s 1989 opus, Do the Right Thing, upped the ante, with more Nike footwear featured in the […]
Although the Lumiere Brothers released the first motion picture in 1895, it took at least 30 years for the first black person, Stepin Fetchit, to earn screen credit. Later, Hattie McDaniel would become the first African-American person to win an Academy Award, and 24 years after that, Sidney Poitier would win his, becoming the first African-American […]
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