Spike Lee Part 1

There are a number of notable film directors to have come from New York City, though some are particularly strongly associated with it, and with one borough in particular. Some of these filmmakers are short, bespectacled and often act in their own films. However, today we’re talking about one associated with Brooklyn, who isn’t a creep, and whose films we actually think are any good, so we know who that rules out. So, prompted by the recent release of _Da 5 Bloods_, we’ve decided to look at the work of Spike Lee for our main topic episode this month, though through a combination of an inability to suitably pare down a list and chronic procrastination, we’re spreading things out, declaring July 2020 “Spike Lee” month at Fuds on Film, and bringing you three episodes covering his work. We’re beginning in this episode, in an entirely perverse way, at the beginning, from Lee’s directorial feature debut, _She’s Gotta Have It_, up to his 1995 crime drama, _Clockers_. One other film from this period, _Jungle Fever_, was covered in our Wesley Snipes episode last year, and it’s probably also worth mentioning we’ve also covered Lee’s _Inside Man_ in a Compare and Contrast episode along with _Dog Day Afternoon_ - both episodes well worth checking out, of course.