Posted on 04/20/2014 11:49:50 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
*Famed film director Spike Lee has expressed his desire to see the Trayvon Martin story told on the big screen.
During an interview with theGrio, Lee commended 27-year-old new director Ryan Coogler for bringing his acclaimed independent film, “Fruitvale Station,” the Oscar Grant story, to the big screen. He expressed his admiration for the film while stating that the film business isn’t built in favor of young directors like Coogler to succeed.
“Love it…. It’s great,” Lee said of Fruitvale Station. “But it’s something that I have been doing for 15 year [sic]. I teach film. That is my job to help young filmmakers to become professionals in this tough business, so I’m happy for him…I’m happy for any young filmmaker that gets their first feature film made, because Lord knows the odds are against you. This business is not set up for young people to succeed.”
The similarities between Oscar Grant’s story and Trayvon Martin’s are very apparent in how both left thousands of people around the country still demanding justice.
Similar to Grant’s story, Lee touched on the need for having a story like Trayvon’s turned into a film.
“I’m not saying that I’m going to do it, but I hope that there is something,” the Malcom X director said. “The first thing I think is there should be a documentary [about Trayvon Martin] before they do a narrative of it. I’m not saying that I’m doing either, I’m just saying that I would like to see it.”
“This thing is not over yet,” he continued. ” So I don’t even know if it would be the right time to start, because it’s not over yet. Hopefully there will be some more time in court.”
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how boring.....a guy walking down the street. A vehicle stops....a guy gets out....fight ensues....gun goes off.....trial already known results......should do very poor at the box office. However, it will probably be a hit.
Well you knew it had to happen. OK lets name that film.
Purple Drank :-)
Damn. That workd to!
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