Hamilton, NY — Filmmaker Spike Lee will speak at ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ 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 ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ 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.
¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ, 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, ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ also offers a small graduate program. The university’s general education core curriculum embodies ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ’s longstanding commitment to integrated learning. The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) recently designated ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ as one of 16 Leadership Institutions that offer a national model for excellence in innovative education. Students currently enrolled at ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ hail from 44 different states, 3 U.S. territories and 26 countries. Log on to www.colgate.edu to learn more about ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ.
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