Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing at Gallagher Theatre: Friday, February 5th, 4 PM
Faces in the Mirror: Oscar Micheaux and Spike Lee with Guest Film Scholar John Howard
John Howard will place Spike Lee in historical context by comparing his career to that of Oscar Micheaux. Spike Lee came of age after the "coons" and "mammies" of traditional Hollywood fare had given way to less demeaning portrayals of blacks, but no black in the history of Hollywood had sustained a career behind the camera as a director at the time he entered film school.
Presentation followed by screening of the critically-acclaimed Do The Right Thing; dir. by Spike Lee, 1989, (120 min.) 35mm print courtesy of NBC, Universal
Q&A and booksigning with John Howard follows the screening
Gallagher Theatre at the University of Arizona
Located across from the food court on the main floor of the Student Union Memorial Center, 1303 E University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85719
Contact Hanson Film Institute program director Victoria Westover at:
520-626-9825.
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