No, but that doesn't mean this isn't a good idea. Lee is right that these veterans have been ignored and they deserve to be honored.
“No, but that doesn’t mean this isn’t a good idea. Lee is right that these veterans have been ignored and they deserve to be honored.”
Ignored? Maybe in the pre sixties but there has been several movies and (real) documentaries on the service and hardships black soldiers endured during that period.
Do we have to breakdown by ethnicity/ subculture the contributions of everyone who fought and died for this country.
I though the only important identication needed was Americans
Not that I’m proposing it but how about German Americans, Italiann Americanswho fought against their own people (Japanese Americans hve been noted before)
Unless they did something truly out of the ordinary (like the Indian code talkers or the sinsei(Japanese Americans unit that won the the highest per capita battle ribbons/awards of the war, what is the purpose?
And after watching several of Spike Lee’s films and “documentary” on Katrina, I strongly suspect he would slant it as Americans as no better than the Nazis.
Agree. I'm glad I read down in the thread before posting almost exactly the same thing.
It's not like there's any lack of movies recognizing the heroism of WWII vets. The goal of anyone who writes about history is to find a good story that needs to be told and hasn't been done to death already, and I think Spike has one here.
Semi-on-topic, HBO made an excellent movie about the Tuskeegee Airmen several years back, with some of the best black actors in Hollywood -- Andre Braughaer, Lawrence Fishburne, Courtney B. Vance, Cuba Gooding Jr. It's worth checking out.
“Lee is right that these veterans have been ignored and they deserve to be honored.”
Because they are veterans or because they are black?
I don’t seem to remember a “White Veteran’s Day” or “White Memorial Day”. I thought our honoring of vets was inclusive of all races. I’ve been to a lot of veterans ceremonies in my life and I don’t remember blacks being “ignored” or unwelcome.
What you are saying is that Black veterans deserve special recognition. The very foundation of PC. It’s sad that people who claim to be intelligent base how veterans are honored by what color actors are in the play-acting movies that come out of Hollywood.
I dont have a problem with a movie that shows black veterans in a good light.
Its just that it seems Lee suffers from a syndrome where to show blacks in a good light he enjoys showing whites in bad.
The man is an outright racist,and thats ok too I suppose,but If his name were Mel Gibson he would be slammed for it.