well I think that we have to or we
should honor mr. George Floyd but it's
it's not just him
you had my brother was jogging in
Georgia I meant our Barry Brianna Taylor
someone just got killed yesterday in
Louisville Kentucky by the cops so this
is not new mmm this before now for 40 40
years I mean my ancestors were taken
from mother Africa and brought to
Jamestown Virginia the first shipment
landed 1619 so I would like to say to
you and and your audience this is not
new and also England is not you know you
guys got bloody hands - you know you
wouldn't slave trading and you colonized
countries we have a situation today when
the whole music business has come out in
solidarity for George Floyd this is a
situation that seems to resonate beyond
America yes and I think that's I think
that's a good point glad you bring it up
because many times over my film career
when I go to film festivals or whatnot
and I interview by journalists mm-hmm
you know one of the first questions is
always you know about whatever racial
incident just happened in the United
States America and the United States
America racism they do it better anybody
else but it's not just racism is all
over the world and so this is this is
this is another this is a global
pandemic before Corona
lack lies has had a great impact and
just look at these marches where as I
said before we see my young generation
of my young white system brothers
marching armored armed with their fellow
black and brown brothers and sisters
so his had a great great great impact
and it's about speaking truth to power
man I see ghost job I see I really try
to stay away from much I can explain and
you know the film because I respect the
journalists and the critics and
audiences intelligence you know they
don't have to necessarily be told you
know what the films about but I will
answer this for you so I'll say that in
in the broad sense is the Vietnam War
through a viewpoint of black Vietnam
vets and it strikes me that be washed it
it's pop crime caper part political
polemic if you see my films I've seen a
movie I did not did you know the answer
my films aren't straight down the line
you know it's a a mixture stuff and I
think those ingredients with those
ingredients or what what I call spike
Lee joint personally I'm just gonna
continue to do my art and tell my
stories I think my films have made a
difference you know over the the four
decades and I was 63 now so I got a good
god-willing
20 years left you know that continued to
do my thing