Spike Lee
The tragedy of Hurricane Katrina is just horrendous. Surely, the sheer number of people who died and are dying is horrific, but the biggest tragedy is the fact that what took place and is taking place in New Orleans is a result of the country, United States of America, being so dysfunctional. So many people had been neglected for so many years, and even when they were dying, the country did not reach them.
I will stop here because so many people are writing and talking about this already, and also this is a movie blog. But why did I mention about the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina? I think that the tragedy opened our eyes and it made us realize that movie directors like Spike Lee are doing very important work and that their messages are still relevant. Spike Lee is just showing his latest work All the Invisible Children at Venice Film Festival; he once again focuses on those who are underprivileged and neglected. While Spike Lee is generally believed to be the foremost African-American director in the US and also one of the most important directors in the US, he receives a fair number of criticisms. One of criticisms is that one of messages that he has in many of his movies is that disparity between the majority, white and the minority, black is still very high; racism is still prominent, and the society has not resolved the problem. It is not the most pleasant message, and also it is often viewed as a message that was relevant in 1950s, but not in the 21st century. However, given what happened in New Orleans last week, we have to realize that Spike Lee is not only still relevant, but also he is one of the most important film makers of our time.
I will stop here because so many people are writing and talking about this already, and also this is a movie blog. But why did I mention about the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina? I think that the tragedy opened our eyes and it made us realize that movie directors like Spike Lee are doing very important work and that their messages are still relevant. Spike Lee is just showing his latest work All the Invisible Children at Venice Film Festival; he once again focuses on those who are underprivileged and neglected. While Spike Lee is generally believed to be the foremost African-American director in the US and also one of the most important directors in the US, he receives a fair number of criticisms. One of criticisms is that one of messages that he has in many of his movies is that disparity between the majority, white and the minority, black is still very high; racism is still prominent, and the society has not resolved the problem. It is not the most pleasant message, and also it is often viewed as a message that was relevant in 1950s, but not in the 21st century. However, given what happened in New Orleans last week, we have to realize that Spike Lee is not only still relevant, but also he is one of the most important film makers of our time.
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