{"id":596,"date":"2021-03-17T16:11:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T20:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=596"},"modified":"2023-12-12T05:58:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:58:11","slug":"spike-lee-breaks-the-color-barrier-by-accepting-bid-to-head-up-cannes-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=596","title":{"rendered":"Spike Lee Breaks the Color Barrier by Accepting Bid To Head up the CANNES FESTIVAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Black\u00a0 film mogul and director Spike Lee will be presiding over the jury at the 74<sup>th<\/sup> running of the Cannes Film Festival, some 35 years after one of his own early films, \u201cShe\u2019s Gotta Have It\u201d had premiered there. Other Spike Lee joints that\u00a0 were shown at Cannes include \u201cDo the Right Thing\u201d in 1989 and \u201cBlacKkKlansman\u201d in 2018.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/beautybeforeage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/xenical.html\">xenical over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Lee\u2019s selection as the first Black president at Cannes signals the heightened awareness of racism and the Black Lives Matter movement that has swept the world since the highly publicized suffocation of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers in early 2020.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Lee was slated to assume the head honcho role at Cannes for\u00a0 its August run last August, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year\u2019s Festival is scheduled for July 6-17 amid growing concerns that Europe may be experiencing a resurgence of the virus. Speculation abounds that some aspects of the Festival may be moving online this year.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/beautybeforeage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/vibramycin.html\">vibramycin over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In its official announcement this week, Cannes organizers said that Lee was being \u201cloyal to his commitments\u201d in supporting the festival on its reincarnation in 2021, calling him \u201cone of the greatest directors of his generation, as well as a screenwriter, actor, editor, and producer.\u201d The announcement acknowledged that \u201cfor 30 years, the\u00a0 tireless Spike\u00a0 Lee has\u00a0 been an astute chronicler of the questionings of\u00a0 his time, with a\u00a0 resolutely contemporary approach that\u2019s never without a dash of levity and entertainment.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/beautybeforeage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/flexeril.html\">flexeril over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Accepting his role as jury president, Lee tweeted: &#8220;Way back in 1986, my very first film &#8216;She&#8217;s Gotta Have It&#8217; played [at Cannes] and it was my introduction to the world of cinema, so Cannes will always have a deep, deep spot in my heart.\u201d \u00a0He added, &#8220;I have a special place in my heart for Paris, for France and for the Cannes Film Festival&#8230; Book my flight!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For their part, Festival\u00a0 organizers were confident that Lee was \u201cdoing the right thing\u201d by accepting ther offer. &#8220;Throughout the months of uncertainty we&#8217;ve just been through, Spike Lee has never stopped encouraging us,&#8221; said festival president Pierre Lescure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black\u00a0 film mogul and director Spike Lee will be presiding over the jury at the 74th running of the Cannes Film Festival, some 35 years after one of his own early films, \u201cShe\u2019s Gotta Have It\u201d had premiered there. 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