An Academy Award nominated director is coming to UNC to discuss his experiences as a black filmmaker in Hollywood.
The Carolina Union Activities Board announced Tuesday that director Spike Lee will be on campus Dec. 6.
Lee, who is expected to discuss his role in the progression of African American film culture and racism in the media, was selected by CUAB’s forum committee.
“We all agreed we wanted speakers with recognizable names who had interesting topics to discuss,” Tom Low, chairman of the committee, said in an email.
“Spike Lee fit that bill.”
The program — held at Memorial Hall — will be a question and answer lecture, CUAB president Cierra Hinton said.
Lee — best known for his 1989 film “Do The Right Thing,” set on the hottest day of the year in Brooklyn — has worked in documentary, television and feature film since the late 1970s.
He is also known for “Malcolm X,” “The 25th Hour” with Edward Norton and “Inside Man” with Denzel Washington.
Hinton said that CUAB is working with the journalism and communication studies departments to organize a meet-and-greet between Lee and their students.
