Two men who rarely give interviews with media are Billy Dee Williams and more reclusive Spike Lee.  Both men were honored at Indiana Black Expo’s Corporate Luncheon.  I was privileged to be the only Indianapolis media person to have sit down one-on-one interviews with each.  The director of such movie classics as She’s Got To […]

For over a half century Dick Gregory has entertained and challenged audiences around the world.  Not just with his comedy, but with speaking truth to power. To exposing, in his view, the sins and lies and mistruths of governments and the power structure.  In a powerful, honest interview, Dick Gregory appeared on Afternoons with Amos […]

By Raynard Jackson, NNPA Columnist: I was flipping through the TV channels last week and came across one of Spike Lee’s best movies, School Daze.  This was…

Spike Lee doesn’t have much to say about Quentin Tarantino’s new film about a slave-turned-gunslinger. When it comes to “Django Unchained” he simply won’t watch…

Nearly 21 years to the day after he was convicted of rape, Mike Tyson will be returning to Indianapolis bringing his acclaimed one-man Broadway show “Mike Tyson:Undisputed Truth” to town. Tyson will perform at the Murat Theater February 12th & 13th.  “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth” is a rare, personal look inside the life and mind […]

Spike Lee had fun during this interview, but he also showed his serious side when he spoke about education and stated, “There is nothing cute about being ignorant.”…

Mike Tyson is Broadway-bound.  The former heavyweight boxing champion is bringing his one-man show entitled “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth” to the Big Apple.  It’s slated for a six-night run at the Longacre Theatre from July 31st through August 5th.  Recapping the highs and lows of Tyson’s career, the show already had a week-long run in […]

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Spike Lee just premiered the fifth film in his “continuing chronicles of Brooklyn, N.Y.,” at the Sundance Film Festival, but…

TORONTO – Director Spike Lee says he’s still waiting for Hollywood to open up to black filmmakers in a meaningful way.  Days before the Academy Award nominations are to be announced, the outspoken director says not much has changed since the historical 2002 Oscar wins of Denzel Washington and Halle Berry.

NEW ORLEANS – Spike Lee screened portions of his follow-up documentary about Hurricane Katrina in front of a big crowd at Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans. The premiere Tuesday included hours one and four of the HBO documentary, “If God Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise.” It airs on Aug. 23 and 24. Among […]

Federal scientists said last week that nearly three-quarters of the oil from the BP oil debacle has been removed by various artificial or natural means, but that the spill’s effect on wildlife will long continue. Filmmaker Spike Lee says that the U.S. government report is a “lie.”