Sunday, August 26, 2012

Spike Lee hints that troubled HBCU may be wanted for land

ATLANTA, Georgia - Filmmaker Spike Lee says he hopes Morris Brown College is able to survive a looming foreclosure and not dismantled and used for some other purpose.

"Hopefully something can be worked out," the "Do the Right Thing" director told Redding News Review.

"I do know that Morris Brown's campus has a lot of acreage and that's some valuable land," he said, "So something's going to happen."



Lee, who is a graduate of nearby Morehouse College, made the comments during an interview about his new film "Red Hook Summer" on the upcoming edition of the Redding News Review radio show.

He also talked about his new upcoming films, the Michael Jackson-focused "Bad 25" and "Oldboy" with ...

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