Famed filmmaker Spike Lee spoke pointedly about the Black Lives Matter movement at Canadian Music Week in Toronto on Saturday, May 9, where he was the celebrity interview.
Following a fun and informational chat during which Lee recounted Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan stories, gave advice to filmmakers and shared his disappointment in knowing that young people might watch Malcolm X for the first time on a tiny cellphone screen, came a Q&A portion and one poignant query from an audience member named Tyrone.
?I wanted to know your views on the growing violence in America from police and what that means because I think it?s more of a growing issue of militarization and a police state and oppression of America as a whole. Lee responded by saying, "This whole stuff is not new. People have cameras. We saw with Rodney King. I think we are all concerned anytime people lose their lives. It?s not just a black thing."??
