Spike Lee’s new Vietnam film ‘Da 5 Bloods’ gets first trailer

Just like many around the nation, Spike Lee is feeling the heaviness over the recent death of George Floyd and the subsequent protests against brutality.

Spike Lee is feeling the heaviness over the recent death of George Floyd and the subsequent protests against brutality.The 63-year-old director is known for speaking up for what he believes in, and stepped out to participate in a protest and vigil for Floyd in New York City this week.

Shortly after the video was released of George Floyd being killed by a police officer and protests began to rise up around the US, Spike Lee released a short clip editing together the videos of Floyd and Eric Garner being killed alongside a similar scene in the director’s own “Do The Right Thing,” asking the question, “When will history stop repeating itself?” In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Lee talked about the connection between his 1989 acclaimed film and the recent racist

"He's trying to be a dictator"

«Will history stop repeating itself?» Spike Lee asks as much at the start of a minute-and-a-half-long short film he shared on Twitter, which splices clips from his 1989 film,, with footage of the police killings of Eric Garner in 2014 and George Floyd in May.

NEW YORK -- It's not the first time that Spike Lee's “Do the Right Thing” has been freshly urgent, but Lee's 1989 film has again found blistering relevance in the wake of George Floyd's death.

"Will history stop repeating itself?"

Spike Lee is a filmmaker that has never shied away from being outspoken and infusing his films with clear messages about society and the issues that plague the country.

Over 30 years later and “Do the Right Thing” still sadly rings true.

By Nellie Andreeva

The music for the Netflix movie is composed by GRAMMY Award-winning trumpeter Terence Blanchard

The music for the Netflix movie is composed by GRAMMY Award-winning trumpeter Terence Blanchard

The filmmaker previously spoke out against the decision to reopen cinemas in Georgia

Spike Lee is on the verge of releasing his latest feature, the highly-anticipated Netflix film, “Da 5 Bloods.” But just because Netflix is footing the bill for his new feature, which takes place both in the modern-day and five decades in the past, don’t go thinking that Lee got the same budget that other awards-worthy films from the streaming company have received over the years.

"We're second-class citizens"

All eyes were going to be on Spike Lee’s follow up to his Oscar winning effort BlacKkKlansman. After all, it not just was a hit, getting nominated for Best Picture and Best Director, it got Lee his first Academy Award, taking home the prize for Best Adapted Screenplay.