25th Hour (2002)
A drug dealer Edward Norton has 24 hours to make amends with his high school buddies.
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter.
Chi-Raq (2016)
Lysistrata re-envisioned through an outbreak of street violence between black gangs.
David Byrne’s American Utopia (2020)
A film of Byrne's acclaimed Broadway show.
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Four African-American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.
Do The Right Thing (1989)
Racial tensions come to the boil on the hottest day of summer in Brooklyn.
He Got Game (1997)
A jailbird dad tries to reconnect with his basketball prodigy son, so that he can broker a shorter sentence.
Inside Man (2006)
Spike Lee takes on the heist genre.
Oldboy (2013)
A man who spent 20 years in solitary confinement sets about looking for vengeance.
She Hate Me (2004)
Sacked biotech whistleblower starts a business inpregnating lesbians who want babies.
Summer Of Sam (1999)
Spike Lee focusses his camera on the summer when Son of Sam roamed the streets.
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