Movies: Spike Lee

Originally from Bahia and considered today one of the most globalised musical movements in the world, Axé is a musical rhythm that carries in its essence a good part of all the musical and cultural syncretism of Bahia. The documentary brings together...

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Fatou Cissé accompanies her father, malien director Souleymane Cissé, through a trip down his film career, painting an intimate and poetic picture of one of Africa’s most celebrated actors....

In Havana, Raul dreams of escaping to Miami. Accused of assault, he appeals to Elio to help him reach the forbidden world 90 miles across the ocean. One night, full of hope, they face the biggest challenge of their lives....

A musical based on Viagra, Pfizer's erectile dysfunction drug. Based on the article, “All Rise: The Untold Story of the Guys Who Launched Viagra.”...

The best summer of her life is only the beginning for 13-year-old Mo’ne Davis. With the support of her family and passion for sports, Mo’ne stands for girls who want to play with the boys. She embodies the spirit that drives an athlete to push furthe...

A Black screenwriter is hired to write the $50,000,000 remake of The Birth of a Nation....

Spike Lee and others reflect on this impactful film, more than two decades later....

Spike Lee takes us into the world of NBA nicknames, focusing on how Ray Allen's starring role in Lee's HE GOT GAME, forever associated him with his character, Jesus Shuttlesworth....

After a hurricane ravages his hometown, a grieving man breaks into an off-limits cemetery to rescue the lost remains of his brother in order to give him a proper burial....

Spike Lee's tribute to the New York Yankees....

Struggling jazz musician Cecil (Branford Marsalis) busks on a Brooklyn street corner to make some money for his family....

A tribute documentary on Fernando Ramos da Silva, the famous child star of the acclaimed film by Hector Babenco, "Pixote, a Lei do Mais Fraco" (1981). 20 years after his assassination by the police, his co-stars and Babenco talk about Fernando's cont...

In 1997, 17-year old Darius Clark Monroe robbed a bank and went to prison for it; then he went to NYU film school and made this movie about his life. The movie presents itself as an act of atonement, and an attempt by Monroe to understand himself and...

Filmmaker José Luis Guerin documents his experience during a year of traveling as a guest of film festivals to present his previous film. What emerges is a wonderfully humane and sincere portrayal of the people that he meets when he goes off the beat...

Directed by Darius Clark Monroe and executive produced by Spike Lee, this documentary short tells the story of what happened when a group of college athletes decided to protest a long-standing racial injustice....

Follows a group of military cadets on one crazy night in New York City during Fleet Week....

Spike Lee's video valentine to New York City during the Coronavirus outbreak of 2020....

Spike Lee’s tribute to the Bronx in promotion of the Yankees’ 2024 season opener....

In the rural south, a Black boy tries to fly....