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Spike Lee born 1957
Born Atlanta, Georgia
Spike Lee is an innovative and provocative filmmaker with no qualms about confronting hotbutton issues of race and class in his feature films and documentaries. In 1986 he scored an indie hit with his first full-length motion picture, She's Gotta Have It. Written, directed, and produced by Lee (who also played one of its characters), the film was shot in under two weeks on a budget of $175,000 and earned more than $7 million at the box office. Lee has since brought varied projects to the screen, including Do the Right Thing (1989), Malcolm X (1992), and Bamboozled (2000). His probing documentaries include 4 Little Girls (1997), an examination of the 1963 bombing of Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church, and When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006), a study of Hurricane Katrina's devastating impact on New Orleans. Seen here with his camera at the ready, Lee shades his eyes while returning our gaze.
Jesse Frohman (born 1958)
Inkjet print, c. 1990 (printed 2014) |