It will be a challenge to explore Spike Lee’s 40-year career in a 90-minute conversion. The renowned African-American director has made important contributions to discourse about race and equality in the media, and has impacted popular culture across generations. An informed film library wouldn’t be complete without Malcom X (1991) and his 2018 Academy Award-winning film BlacKkKlansman.
This Town Hall talk is part of Vivid’s Game Changer Series and will be Lee’s first public appearance in Australia. Audiences can expect insights into filmmaking and social advocacy beyond the big screen, and Lee's own experiences regarding race in the media and Hollywood.
He’ll be joined in conversation by one of Sydney's leading arts voices and the head of Indigenous programming at the Sydney Opera House, Widjabul and Gidabul woman Rhoda Roberts. This will be her second contribution to the winter festival, as she’s also designing the projection work for the southern pylon of the Harbour Bridge, ‘Eora: Broken Spear’.
