Spike
Lee kicks off Oakland University’s African-American
History Celebration
Producer,
director and actor Spike
Lee will be at Oakland
University to kick off Oakland University's month-long
African-American History Celebration on Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Day Monday,
January 16 at noon in the Oakland
Center Banquet Rooms (campus
map).
This event is sponsored
by the Center for
Multicultural Initiatives, Office
of Academic Affairs and Provost, College
of Arts and Sciences and the Dean
of Students.
Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information, contact the Center for
Student Activities at (248) 370-2400 or csa@oakland.edu or the Center for Multicultural Initiatives at
(248) 370-4404.
Update! During
his speech, Mr. Lee encouraged everyone to learn about
Martin Luther King Jr. and the important role he plays
in our society and culture. He urged everyone who hasn't
already done so to at least read or listen to
the entire "I
Have a Dream"
speech (March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom - 28 August
1963). You can start your research by reading
or listening to this (and more) at the The
Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute.
Don't forget to stop by the library for more information.
Take a look at the Reference
Sources on Black Americans pathfinder as well as any
of the many library books about Martin
Luther King Jr. and
the Civil
Rights Movement.
Interviews with Spike Lee*:
- Siegel, Lee. Spike
Lee: The director talks about movies, race, and Will
Smith. Slate.com, Dec.
1, 2005.
- Massood, Paula J. The
Quintessential New Yorker and Global Citizen: An Interview
with Spike Lee. Cineaste 28(3):
4-6.
- Crowdus, Gary and Georgakas, Dan. Thinking about the
Power of Images: An
Interview with Spike Lee. Cineaste 26(2): 4-9.
- Stockwell, Anne. He
don't hate me. Advocate, Aug. 17
2004: 66,
68, 70, 73.
- Pizzello, Stephen. Spike
Lee's seventies flashback. American
Cinematographer 80 (6): 50-2.
Online Articles*:
- "Lee
to take spiky look at Katrina." Europe
Intelligence Wire (Oct 13, 2005).
Books by/about Spike Lee at the Kresge Library:
- Baker, Houston A. "Spike Lee and the commerce of
culture" in Diawara, Manthia (ed.) Black
American cinema. Publisher: New York : Routledge, 1993.
- Baraka, Amiri. "Spike Lee at the movies" in Diawara,
Manthia (ed.) Black
American cinema. Publisher: New York : Routledge, 1993.
- Breskin, David. Inner
views : filmmakers in conversation. New York : Da
Capo Press, 1997.
- Lee, Spike. "Dealing to do doable films: Life as a very
independent independent filmmaker" in Mosley,
Walter (ed.) Black
genius : African American solutions to African American
problems. New York : W.W. Norton, 1999.
- Lee, Spike. Five
for five : the films of Spike Lee. New
York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang,
1991.
- Lee, Spike. Spike
Lee : interviews. Jackson : University
Press of Mississippi, 2002.
- Reid, Mark. Spike
Lee's Do the right thing. New York
: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Other Resources:
- Spike Lee Filmography at imdb.com
- Wyatt, Rebecca.
Spike
Lee to speak on campus Jan. 16. The News @ OU, December
20, 2005.
- Wyatt, Rebecca. African-American
History Celebration begins Jan. 16. The News @ OU,
January 10, 2006.
- More
movies,
books, etc. related to Spike Lee at Kresge Library.
*Please note, access to some of these
online materials is restricted to use by Oakland Students,
Faculty, and Staff (or from a computer located on the
Oakland network). Find out
why...