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Spike Lee and Reinaldo Marcus Green on the Importance of Showcasing Black Families on Screen

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Reinaldo Marcus Green was a grad student at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, angling for extra time with his professor — Spike Lee.

Flash-forward six years: Marcus Green has directed one of the best-reviewed dramas of 2021 — “King Richard,” starring Will Smith as Richard Williams, the father of tennis champs Venus (Saniyya Sidney) and Serena (Demi Singleton).

And Lee is more than happy to set aside some time to talk with his star pupil over Zoom.“I want to have the kind of staying power that Spike has,” Green says to Lee, noting the “Do the Right Thing” director’s influence over his career. “You graduated in 1982.

I was born in ’81. I got some years to catch up, Spike, but I’m working on it.” In a candid conversation demonstrating their.

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