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Spike Lee attempts 'Miracle

The 'Inside Man' helmer is set to make WWII film 'Miracle at St Anna'.

Jun  7 2007

Spike Lee has announced plans to make a WWII drama set in Italy and dealing with the experience of African-American soldiers.

'Miracle at St Anna' will be based on James McBride's novel about American soldiers fighting in the mountains of Tuscany and focus on the 92nd Division of all-black soldiers who had to contend not only with the Nazis but also with with racist, incompetent superiors.

'I met a black veteran who fought at Iwo Jima, and he told me how disappointed he was that there was not even one Afro-American [soldier] in Clint Eastwood's films' Lee told Italo newspaper.

'Miracle at St Anna' is set to shoot on Tuscan WWII combat locations next year.

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