

That’s a conspiracy group which pushes the thoroughly refuted idea that the World Trade Center was destroyed by controlled demolition, rather than by the two enormous planes that slammed into it. This uncritical approach backfired badly in the final episode of the series, which originally featured interviews with the Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth. Lee treats his interviewees as friends, and once you’re his friend, you can do no wrong. Spike Lee s vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school teacher, her stubborn jazz musician husband and their five kids living in Brooklyn in 1973. The hardest questions are about de Blasio’s Red Sox fandom. But New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio, whose handling of Covid-19 has been extensively questioned elsewhere, is handled by Lee with almost obsequious deference. Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Andrew Cuomo, and others who Lee does not interview are criticized harshly (and rightfully).

In some cases, though, Lee might have been better served by a more adversarial approach. One flight attendant talks about the shame and regret he felt profiling Arab passengers after the towers fell. Lee coaxes other interviewees to talk about their last memories of loved ones. Andrew Cuomo’s demands that Kim cease investigating pandemic nursing home deaths. State Assemblyman Ron Kim, for example, cries on camera as he talks about how his wife helped him defy former New York Gov. Kristen Lopez 2:05 pm NYC Epicenters HBO/Screenshot Several documentaries are in the works commemorating this year’s. This welcoming approach elicits a lot of powerful moments. Spike Lees latest documentary project will air in four parts. Making people aware of this fact, therefore. Director: Spike Lee Stars: Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, David Patrick Kelly, Zelda Harris. He interviews emergency workers, bereaved survivors, celebrities and politicians with the same empathetic enthusiasm, sometimes leaping in to repeat a particularly telling quote or to talk about sports. However, the first pages of the book clearly indicate that it will focus on Spike Lee the documentary filmmaker. Spike Lee s vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school teacher, her stubborn jazz musician husband and their five kids living in Brooklyn in 1973.

Whatever his subject Lee positions himself more as a listener than an investigator.
