The American filmmaker Spike Lee 68, from films like “Malcolm X” (1992) and “Infiltrate in Klan” (2018) will receive the title of citizen of the state of Rio de Janeiro. The bill, from the deputy Dani Balbi was approved at the Rio Legislative Assembly (Alerj) on Tuesday (6). On social networks, politics asks for the artist to come to Brazil to receive the honor.
Throughout his career, Spike Lee has directed great cinema works, including projects in Brazil. The director visited Rio de Janeiro for the first time in 1995, when he was responsible for the clip of “They Don’t Care About Us”, of the singer Michael Jackson . Already in 2014, recorded the documentary “Go Brazil Go!” and spoke to personalities like Dilma Rousseff, Lula, Gilberto Gil, Chico Buarque between others.
“This recognition is more than deserved. Throughout his career, Spike Lee instigates us to reflect on racism and social justice with courage and sensitivity, in striking works such as ‘From The Right Thing’ and ‘Jungle Fever’,” Balbi wrote on social networks.
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