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For his next project, Spike Lee will focus on the protests that rocked the University of Missouri last fall.
The short film, titled “2 Fists Up,” will be a part of Lee’s “Spike Lee’s Lil’ Joints” series. It will include how Mizzou’s football team stood in solidarity with the campus organization Concerned Student 1950 to combat racial tensions on campus, which ultimately led to the university’s system president’s resignation.
Lee was in Columbia, Missouri last weekend to watch the student-made documentary “Concerned Student 1950” — which followed student activists at Mizzou — at the True/False Film Festival. During his trip, the director interviewed and filmed students as they led a protest aimed at the continued racial tensions on campus.
Student activist Kendrick Washington told The Maneater how appreciative he is of the director’s approach to the subject of campus racism.
“I think I can speak on the behalf of Concerned Student, but we are extremely appreciative of Spike’s presence — him wanting to hear our narrative is a great feeling and it’s an accomplishment,” Washington said. “We know people care about our movement on a national level and our dedication inspired him to come to know more about us.”
“2 Fists Up” will be digitally released on May 31.
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