This sounds like it’s going to be super cool! Beginning March 16, Liberty Arts and The Durham Art Guild presents "The Spike Lee Film Series", where each week a different Spike Lee film will be screened. In addition to that there will be guest speakers to engage the audience in dialogue about the work.
Guest speakers include Left of Black television host Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, @TheBlackVoice’s Taurean Brown and Allison Mathews. The series will be hosted by writer, activist and Life Style Kit’s Lamont Lilly.
The film screenings are free. The schedule for each Saturday is as follows:
March 16th – School Daze
March 23 – Do The Right Thing
March 30 – Crooklyn
April 6 – Mo Betta’ Blues
April 13 – 4 Little Girls.
Each screening runs 5pm-8pm and will take place in Room 100 at Golden Belt Studio, Main St. Durham, NC.
Hit the jump to check out more details plus learn about the culture impact and significance of "The Spike Lee Film Series."
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40 Acres & a Mule: The Spike Lee Film Series
Hosted by Lamont Lilly Sponsored by Liberty Arts Studio & The Durham Art Guild
Since the mid 1980’s, Spike Lee’s commitment to use art in the service of addressing race, class and the disparaging conditions of Black life in America has been unparalleled. The unique reality Lee articulates for a distinct aesthetic has offered a voice to the voiceless for over 25 years.
The goal of organizing such an event is to celebrate the work of an artistic giant who has obviously dedicated his life to the empowerment of African Americans through film and cinematography. Other than James Brown and Richard Wright, there are no bodies of cultural work that compare to Lee’s influence.
It was Spike who inspired a whole movement of Black film in the 1990’s. From John Singleton to the Hughes Brothers – from Juice to New Jack City, Spike Lee inspired them all. Even new film generals like Lee Daniels point to Spike.
Through 40 Acres & a Mule: The Spike Lee Film Series, the challenge is to dissect such respected body of work within a new contextual lens, to engage such storied illustrations as a community. Eerily ironic, much of Spike’s political and social content from 1988 is just as relevant to the pressing issues of America today.
Unfortunately, there is now a current generation of "20 and Unders" who don’t even know Spike Lee. They primarily recognize him as that quirky, and at times overzealous, New York Knick fanatic.
Hopefully, such an event will expose us all to Lee’s longstanding legacy of art to the highest degree and selfless service in the name of raw soul.
Guest speakers include Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, Allison Mathews and Taurean R. Brown – @TheBlackVoice.
Community screenings are FREE and open to the general public. Saturdays, March 16th – April 13th 2013, 5-8pm. Room 100 @ Golden Belt Studio, Main St. Durham, NC.