Spike Lee ordförande för juryn vid försenad festival
Regissören Spike Lee blir ordförande för juryn på Cannesfestivalen, rapporterar flera medier. Lee, känd för filmer som ”Malcolm X” och ”Do The Right Thing”, skulle ha lett juryn även förra året, men då blev filmfestivalen inställd.
Sju av hans filmer har haft premiär i Cannes och i ett videomeddelande säger han att filmfestivalen har en viktig plats i hans hjärta. I år kommer evenemanget att arrangeras i juli i stället för maj på grund av pandemin.
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Spike Lee
Wikipedia (en)
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and professor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films since 1983. He made his directorial debut with She's Gotta Have It (1986). He has since written and directed such films as Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995), 25th Hour (2002), Inside Man (2006), Chi-Raq (2015), BlacKkKlansman (2018) and Da 5 Bloods (2020). Lee also acted in ten of his films.
Lee's work has continually explored race relations, colorism in the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. He has won numerous accolades for his work, including an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, a Student Academy Award, a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, two Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, and the Cannes Grand Prix. He has also received an Academy Honorary Award, an Honorary BAFTA Award, an Honorary César, and the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize. Lee's films Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, 4 Little Girls and She's Gotta Have It were each selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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