Spike Lee vows to 'delay Father Time' as Hollywood bestows honor

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Spike Lee vows to 'delay Father Time' as Hollywood bestows honor
In this file photo US director Spike Lee attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 92nd Oscars at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills on February 9, 2020. Spike Lee voiced hope for the "next wave" of Black filmmakers -- but warned his own trail-blazing career was far from done -- as he was honored by Hollywood at a virtual ceremony January 14. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Lee accepted the prestigious American Cinematheque Award recognizing "mid-career achievement" online rather than at the usual glitzy Beverly Hills gala. Jean-Baptiste Lacroix / AFP.



LOS ANGELES (AFP).- Spike Lee voiced hope for the "next wave" of Black filmmakers -- but warned his own trail-blazing career was far from done -- as he was honored by Hollywood at a virtual ceremony Thursday.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Lee accepted the prestigious American Cinematheque Award online rather than at the usual star-studded Beverly Hills gala.

The prolific 63-year-old director, who has entertained and provoked audiences with frank depictions of Black America for decades, promised he has "got some more joints to make," referring to his films.

"If you love what you're doing, you can delay Father Time," he told ceremony host Jodie Foster.

The livestreamed event saw Lee heaped with praise by the likes of Foster, Angela Bassett, Rosie Perez and "Black Panther" director Ryan Coogler, who dubbed him a "trailblazer."

The award was remotely presented by the cast of Lee's recent movie "Da 5 Bloods," in which elderly Black soldiers return to Vietnam decades after the war.

Lee, who continues to teach film at his alma mater New York University, deflected praise onto younger Black filmmakers including Coogler.

"When I see the next wave come up and keep this thing going, it makes me happy," said Lee.

"The happiest people for the success of 'Black Panther' (were) you, Disney, and I was... third," he told Coogler.

Both men reflected on "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman, who appeared in "Da 5 Bloods" before succumbing to cancer in August.

Very few actors could play the "revered" and "almost mythical" role of soldier Stormin' Norman, said Lee.

"I love him and I miss him... even though he was only with us for a limited amount of time, he gave us so, so much," added Coogler.

The American Cinematheque Award is a "mid-career achievement award," with previous honorees including Al Pacino, Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg.

Before accepting, Lee noted that many of his films "did not connect with the audience right away" but had been re-evaluated in recent years.

Lee received an honorary Oscar in late 2015, and won his first competitive Oscar four years later with best adapted screenplay for "BlacKkKlansman."

Last year, he was named the first person of black African descent to preside at the Cannes film festival.

"Let's keep it going!" Lee concluded as he accepted his honor.


© Agence France-Presse










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