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Filmmaker Spike Lee. (photo: Maarten de Boer/Getty)
Tatiana Siegel, The Hollywood Reporter
Siegel writes: "Wearing a jean jacket with more patches than a Boy Scout uniform and a pair of Kendrick Lamar's 'Don't Trip' Nike Cortez sneakers, Lee looks younger than his 61 years, and he remains every bit the political provocateur who uses his films to diagnose the national mood while pressing for change."
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