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What is Spike Lee’s most successful film? What does Spike Lee do now?

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Shelton Jackson “Spike” Lee (born March 20, 1957) is a filmmaker and actor from the United States. Lee’s work has consistently addressed race relations, black community difficulties, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political topics.

He has earned an Academy Award, a Student Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and two Peabody Awards for his work. He has also received an Honorary BAFTA Award in 2002, an Honorary César Award in 2003, an Academy Honorary Award in 2019, a Gala Tribute from the Film Society of Lincoln Centre, and the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize.

What is Spike Lee’s most successful film?

“Do the Right Thing” (1989), a striking look at how racial tensions boil into violence on the hottest day of the year in a Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood garnered Lee his first Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

The Academy mostly overlooked the film, only nominating it for Lee’s script and Danny Aiello’s supporting performance. Instead, they chose “Driving Miss Daisy,” a more lighthearted examination of racism, as Best Picture.

What does Spike Lee do now?

Lee’s Vietnam is still a filmmaker in the film industry. Da 5 Bloods, his war film, is now available on Netflix. Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Mélanie Thierry, Paul Walter Hauser, and Chadwick Boseman starred in the film. On June 12, 2020, the film was released worldwide.

The plot of the film follows a group of aging Vietnam War veterans who return to the nation in quest of their deceased squad leader’s remains as well as the treasure they buried while serving there.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was set to have an out-of-competition premiere at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, then show in theatres in May or June before streaming on Netflix.