Hamilton, NY — Filmmaker Spike Lee will speak at аIJʿª½±½á¹û on Saturday, February 2. His talk, ‘The arts and their effect on the African American community,’ will begin at 8:00 p.m. and will take place in Cotterell Court of Reid Athletic Center. The event, which is being sponsored by the аIJʿª½±½á¹û student organization Brothers in honor of Black History Month, is free and open to the public.
Spike Lee, whose critically acclaimed films include Malcolm X, Clockers, Jungle Fever, and Do the Right Thing, has established himself as one of Hollywood’s most important and influential filmmakers. His debut film, the independently produced 1986 comedy She’s Gotta Have It, earned him the Prix de Jeunesse Award at the Cannes Film Festival and set him at the forefront of the Black New Wave in American cinema. His recent films include Summer of Sam, Get on the Bus, and Girl 6, as well as the Academy Award-nominated documentary for HBO, 4 Little Girls, about the 1963 bombing of a Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
аIJʿª½±½á¹û, founded in 1819, is located in Hamilton, New York. A highly selective, independent, liberal arts college with 256 faculty members and 2,750 undergraduate men and women enrolled in programs that lead to the bachelor of arts, аIJʿª½±½á¹û also offers a small graduate program. The university’s general education core curriculum embodies аIJʿª½±½á¹û’s longstanding commitment to integrated learning. The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) recently designated аIJʿª½±½á¹û as one of 16 Leadership Institutions that offer a national model for excellence in innovative education. Students currently enrolled at аIJʿª½±½á¹û hail from 44 different states, 3 U.S. territories and 26 countries. Log on to www.colgate.edu to learn more about аIJʿª½±½á¹û.
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