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SPIKE LEE VIRTUAL CONVERSATION

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A black Vietnam vet who saw DA 5 BLOODS, said, “Spike, what the fuck took you so long?” Black and brown Vietnam vets, they loved the film, and that’s my validation. They put their lives on the line, for the red, white, and blue, while also knowing that their brothers and sisters were fighting another war in the United States of America. — Spike Lee

In conjunction with the release of his new film DA 5 BLOODS, Lee will join Barry Jenkins and other guests this weekend for a virtual conversation and career tribute, presented by the American Cinematheque.

SPIKE LEE VIRTUAL Q & A—MODERATED BY BARRY JENKINS

Saturday, June 20.

5 pm on the West Coast; 8 pm East Coast.

DA 5 BLOODS

Netflix, streaming now.

Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods (2020), from top: Chadwick Boseman; Clarke Peters (left) and Delroy Lindo; Lindo (in front of line, followed by) Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Jonathan Majors, and Peters; Netflix poster, 2020; anti-Vietnam War march; Whitlock, Lewis, Lindo (with rifle), and Peters; Netflix poster. Images courtesy and © the filmmaker, the actors, the photographers, and Netflix.

THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO

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THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO (2019)—Joe Talbot and Jimmie Fails’ visual poem to a city they knew well, loved greatly, and lost to gentrification—is already a period piece; many of the locations depicted in the movie have been torn down since filming wrapped.

“There was a feeling growing up in San Francisco. There was the park where we met as kids, Precita Park, you’d see Filipino kids, Samoan, Latino, black, white. All hanging around each other, getting to know each other and dating across different backgrounds. And I think that San Francisco, I’m afraid, is on the verge of not existing, because so many of the people that we grew up with are being priced out of the city. And out of that sort of crossover, you have friendships like ours. So for one, I fear that the next generation won’t be making art like this. ‘Cause those friendships have to take form to produce that art.” — director Joe Talbot, to Jimmie Fails

This unmissable work—starring Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold, Danny Glover, Mike Epps, and Finn Wittrock—has been held over until late-August.

THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO

Through August 29.

Glendale

207 North Maryland Avenue, Glendale.

The Last Black Man in San Francisco, from top: Jimmie Fails; Jonathan Majors (left) and Fails; A24 poster; Danny Glover (left) and Majors; Fails, Majors, and Glover; Fails. Images courtesy and © the filmmakers, the performers, and A24.