To start off 2017 right, the good people over at The Virginia Theatre and the Champaign Park District will be showing The Films of Spike Lee from February 13th through the 18th.
Tickets are only $5 each, or $10 for all three films – a steal by 2017 standards.
For tickets, click over The Virginia’s website, and for more information, check out what they had to say here:
Spike Lee’s visit to the Virginia Theatre – celebrating the 25th anniversary of Do the Right Thing – was a highlight of the 2014 Ebertfest, and we wanted to shine a light on some of his other films. Three of Spike Lee’s most critically acclaimed films are presented this February in a week-long series. Lee has received two Academy Award nominations, a Student Academy Award and an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and won numerous other awards.
February 13-14 – School Daze (1988)
Rated R (121 min)
Much of School Daze is based on director Spike Lee’s experiences while a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta. Laurence Fishburne plays what amounts to Lee’s alter ego: a serious, self-involved student who tilts at such windmills as an insensitive administration and a deeply entrenched, social-climbing fraternity/sorority system.
February 15-16 – Clockers (1995)
Rated R (128 min)
Set in New York City, Clockers tells the story of Strike (Phifer), a street-level drug dealer who becomes entangled in a murder investigation. The film stars Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo, and Mekhi Phifer in his debut film role.
February 17-18 – Malcolm X (1992)
Rated PG-13 (202 min)
Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam. Starring: Denzel Washington (as Malcolm X) and Angela Bassett.