Spike Lee

Got a chance to meet Spike Lee tonight, for the second time. I interviewed him last year for a show I was producing at the time called Weekend Vibe. Tonight’s quick meeting was after a screening of the TV Land special coming up February 1st called “That’s What I’m Talking About”, a talk show dealing with how African-Americans have affected American pop culture. The show, by the way, was great and I would recommend you check it out. But afterwards, there was a panel discussion that included Spike. I saw him quickly trying to dip out after the discussion and reminded him of our interview. He was polite but in a hurry, and referred me to his publicist when I mentioned a follow up interview. All of this was supposed to be an opening to have him watch my short film Get Faamous. It’s a fifteen minute version of a feature film I’m raising money to produce. It's going to be my breakthrough film as a writer/director. Unfortunately, I never got the chance. Our conversation lasted a total of about 15 seconds before he had to rush off. I guess I’ll have to be quicker on the draw next time. Lesson learned. In the meantime I’m sending a DVD of Get Faamous to his publicist. I’ve got get on my job if I’m going to make Brian Evans a household name.