He revolutionized music videos. Before Michael Jackson, MTV refused to play African-American artists.
Spike LeeAny time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer.
Spike LeeIf we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like they're killing each other now. Young black men would not be impregnating young black women at the rate going on now. We'd not have the drugs we have now, or the alcoholism.
Spike Lee