Spike Lee Talks New Orleans, Five Years After Katrina
South Florida Times › August 02, 2010
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On Saturday, June 26, CNN's Soledad O'Brien and filmmaker Spike Lee had a chat at the Ritz-Carlton Miami Beach Hotel about Lee's latest HBO documentary, If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise. Lee's latest documentary is the followup to his heart wrenching When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, which was released in 2006. In her introduction of Lee, O'Brien shared that Lee's 2006 documentary won two Emmy Awards and a Peabody.
"This is the biggest environmental disaster in the history of the United States. It all comes down to greed," said an outraged Lee. "My mother always told me, "You cut corners and it's going to bite you in the a** in the future.'"The second clip begins with a public service announcement given by BP CEO Tony Hayward about the spill, then segueways into a white man holding an American flag. This man rants for a few minutes, giving the variations of what BP should stand for, including "Butt Plugs," "Bull-s**t Propaganda" "Backroom Pay-outs" and ended with "B**ch Please." Both clips elicited gasps and laughs from the audience.See the full content of this document
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Spike Lee Talks New Orleans, Five Years After Katrina
During the 14th Annual American Black Film Festival in Miami Beach last weekend, films weren't the only features of the festival that set tongues wagging.
On Saturday, June 26, CNN's Soledad O'Brien and filmmaker Spike Lee ha...See the full content of this document
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