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Spike Lee to head Cannes Film Festival jury
This will make the American director the first black person to take on the role.
"With over 200 interviews, we dig deep into what makes NYC the greatest city on this God's earth and also the diverse citizens who make it so," said acclaimed film director Spike Lee, who is producing and directing the project.
The prolific 63-year-old director, who has entertained and provoked audiences with frank depictions of black America for decades, promised he has "got some more joints to make", referring to his films.
With a pandemic and a closed Canadian border forcing Hollywood stars and media to remain home, North America's biggest film festival has scrambled to find socially-distanced ways to present this year's line-up.
Film director Spike Lee is horrified by the high death rate in America due to the global health crisis and he believes US President Donald Trump's suggestions such as using bleach, UV light and anti-malarial drugs to treat the virus, will lead to even more deaths.
The maker of 'Malcolm X' and 'Do the Right Thing' is the first person of black African descent to preside at the world's biggest film festival.
The maker of Malcolm X and Do the Right Thing is the first person of black African descent to ever preside at the world's biggest film festival, which is held in May on the French Riviera.
The 51-year-old filmmaker had his life support turned off on 29 April following a ‘major stroke’.
Donald Trump's one and only tweet on the glamorous event was to take a swipe at director Spike Lee.
Spike Lee was seen trying to storm out of Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre when it was revealed the musical comedy-drama had taken the evening's most coveted award.
Alfonso Cuaron on Sunday won the best director Oscar for his deeply personal 'Roma'
Lee filmed the video at the end of 2018 around the border, capturing scenes of migrant families as they headed towards ‘the land of the free’, the Las Vegas band said.
'BlacKkKlansman,' based on the true story of an African-American police detective in the 1970s who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan, arrives in movie theatres on Friday.
Director Spike Lee called out US President Donald Trump after he premiered his film 'BlacKkKlansman' at the Cannes Film Festival. CNN reports.
Spike Lee has hit out at the Academy Awards, saying that the increased recognition for black actors at this year's bash doesn't resolve the broader issues.
He was speaking at the Berlin International Film Festival where his film is being shown out of competition.
The star will not attend the ceremony in protest over the absence of nominated actors of colour.
The controversy has put pressure on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to promote diversity.
The comments by Lee came amid concerns about a lack of racial minorities in the movie industry.