Spike Lee recalls screening 'Malcolm X' for execs during the LA riots: 'I could never forget that day'

Spike Lee said he first screened his movie "Malcolm X" for Warner Bros. executives the day the LA Riots started.
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Showtime Sets Release Date For "Burn Mothf*cker, Burn" A New Documentary About The 1992 LA Riots

Photo of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots courtesy of the Los Angeles Times. This year is the 25th anniversary of the L.A. riots, one of the most destructive incidents to ever occur in this country. The ...
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After 1992 Rodney King verdict, did LA have 'riots' or an 'uprising'?

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Thirty years ago Friday, four Los Angeles Police Department officers were found not guilty of beating Rodney King. The acquittals lit a fuse that tore the city apart. For decades ...
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Spike Lee recalls screening 'Malcolm X' for execs during the LA riots: 'I could never forget that day'

Spike Lee's first showing of "Malcolm X" happened to be during the 1992 LA Riots. Lee praised Warner Bros. execs for staying through the screening amid the city's chaos. "I could never forget that day ...