Category Archives: Spike Lee
Spike Lee criticizes the lack of blacks in power in majority black state of Bahia
Filmmaker Spike Lee with mayor of Salvador, Bahia, ACM Neto In the external area of the headquarters of the mayor of Salvador, Bahia, two cameras pointed their lenses in the … Continue reading
Actress Tichina Arnold, whose Rochelle character on “Everybody Hates Chris” is very popular in Brazil, comes to Salvador, Bahia to participate in Carnaval and meet her fans
On Tuesday, February 12th, the American actress Tichina Arnold was scheduled to arrive in Salvador, Bahia, to follow Carnaval celebrations. Arnold, that is most known in Brazil for her role of … Continue reading
Spike Lee will spend Carnaval in Salvador, Bahia; director there filming more scenes for his documentary Go, Brazil, Go!
President of the bloco afro Olodum, João Jorge (left) and director Spike Lee Continuing our coverage on filmmaker Spike Lee’s upcoming documentary Go Brazil Go, our friends over at the Correio Nagô website contributed the material for this … Continue reading
Why do black Brazilian men prefer blondes? Part 2
Image taken from Raça Brasil magazine (Continued from Part 1) In the African-American community, particularly in the late 1980s during a quasi-revisiting of the late 60s, early 70s black consciousness era, … Continue reading
Spike Lee: If you see Brazilian TV, you "will think that all Brazilians are blond with blue eyes"
In a press conference, Lee said that the film must be released before the 2014 World Cup Spike Lee interviews 30 Brazilian personalities for documentary In his voyage to the … Continue reading
Spike Lee arrives in Brazil and begins filming the documentary, "Go Brazil Go!"
Filmmaker Spike Lee in Brazil’s capital city of Brasília Filmmaker Spike Lee arrived in Brazil a few days ago (25th) to begin filming his documentary “Go Brazil Go!” and was met … Continue reading
Spike Lee arrives in Brazil and begins filming the documentary, "Go Brazil Go!"
Filmmaker Spike Lee in Brazil’s capital city of Brasília Filmmaker Spike Lee arrived in Brazil a few days ago (25th) to begin filming his documentary “Go Brazil Go!” and was met … Continue reading
Spike Lee will make a documentary about Brazil
Spike Lee will make a documentary about Brazil According to sources in Brazil, filmmaker Spike Lee is planning to record a new documentary about the country that recently became the … Continue reading
Spike Lee will make a documentary about Brazil
Spike Lee will make a documentary about Brazil According to sources in Brazil, filmmaker Spike Lee is planning to record a new documentary about the country that recently became the … Continue reading
Alexandre Pires’ "Kong" and the Bamboozled image of blackness
Amazing! Absolutelyamazing! I admit that when I first saw this video a few weeks ago, a lot ofthings came to mind but I decided not to blog about it immediately. … Continue reading
Alexandre Pires’ "Kong" and the Bamboozled image of blackness
Amazing! Absolutely amazing! I admit that when I first saw this video a few weeks ago, a lot of things came to mind but I decided not to blog about … Continue reading
"Nega Maluca" and the popularization of blackface in Brazil
Although the season of Carnaval has yet to start, when I came across these images, I was a little disturbed. I can’t say that I was shocked because the image … Continue reading
"Nega Maluca" and the popularization of blackface in Brazil
Although the season of Carnaval has yet to start, when I came across these images, I was a little disturbed. I can’t say that I was shocked because the image … Continue reading
