Spike Lee as an Autuer

• It's a joint, not a film
• Set in Brooklyn
• Character introduced through symbolic images
• Heightened idiosyncratic tone
• Bold unconventional camera
• Vibrant colours
• Stylised talk
• Film lessons
• Spike in the cast
• Nuanced look at race
• Politics of desire
• Documentary footage
• Breaking the fourth wall
• Breaks in the action
• Wake up!
• Fearless approach to social themes
• Strong female characters
• Evocative end credits
• Collaborators: Ernst Dickerson, Ruth E Carter, Bill Lee etc...