• Does Hollywood Still Have a Brown Paper Bag Test?

    When it comes to colorism, “Precious” is still the same old, same old.
    All the Dark-Skinned Stars in 'Precious' Are Bad. All the Light-Skinned Stars in 'Precious' Are Good.
  • I Heart Hillman: A Visual History of HBCUs On-Screen

    Many Americans were first introduced to HBCUs in the 1980s through movies and TV shows. From step shows and marching bands to political rallies and color-complex issues, take an insider's tour of the classic TV shows and movies that celebrated the rich and legendary collegiate culture of black institutions.
    The Best Moments at HBCUs in Movies and Television
  • A 'Strange' Fusion of Blackness

    Spike Lee's film rendering of the Broadway play Passing Strange declares that there is a grand assortment of experiences for black folks—both inside and outside of America.
    Spike Lee's 'Passing Strange'
  • Spike Lee and His Love for Musicals and Black Artists

    Spike Lee, like myself, saw Passing Strange on Broadway last year and fell in love with the display of black middle-class, progressive ideas, free love and ex-patriotism.
    Spike Lee's Musical Film Passing Strange Opens Today. Tyler Perry Has Nothing On This.
  • Michael Jackson's Birthday Bash!

    On Aug. 29, the King of Pop would have turned 51. To celebrate his life, Spike Lee invites everyone to a Brooklyn style block party.
    Celebrate Michael Jackson's B-day With Spike Lee
  • The Only Ones: The Underside of Integration?

    What does the First Family’s vacation destination reveal about the limits of integration and class within the black community? A whole lot, at least according to Touré, whose NEW YORK magazine article, “Black and White on Martha’s Vineyard” is still sparking fireworks.
    Barack and Michelle Obama, Black Privilege, and the "Ghetto Girl" on Martha's Vineyard
  • Do the Right Thing @ 20: Spike Lee looks back

    Spike Lee recalls meeting Barack Obama in 2004 at Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s home on Martha's Vineyard, and the future president thanking him for making the movie where he went with his future wife Michelle on their first date.
    Video Interview with Spike Lee by Henry Louis Gates Jr. The Root DTRT20
  • Spike Lee Speaks About 'Do the Right Thing' 20 Years later

    VIDEO: Spike Lee, in a conversation with Henry Louis Gates Jr., The Root's Editor-in-Chief, calls out the critics who predicted violence at the release of his groundbreaking 1989 film and clarifies what the "right thing" really was.
    Spike Lee and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Discuss the 20th anniversary of Do the Right Thing
  • Conversations with Henry Louis Gates Jr.

    The Root's Editor in Chief sits down with some of the brightest and most influential figures in science, literature and popular culture.
    VIDEO: On the Record with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
  • The Music in Spike’s Message

    Twenty years later, what does it mean to Do The Right Thing?
    Do the Right Thing @ 20: The Music in Spike’s Message
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