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Ben Child, Guardian Unlimited: Film
Fri, 08/28/2015 - 6:48am

Spike Lee to get honorary Oscar 25 years after Do the Right Thing

Director’s snub for 1989 film about racial tension in Brooklyn is considered by some to be one of the most glaring in Academy historySpike Lee, the American director whose 1989 film Do the Right Thing was famously snubbed by the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences more than a quarter of a century ago, is to receive an honorary Oscar for his contributions to film-making.Lee joins fellow honoree Gena Rowlands, known for her 1960s, 70s and 80s films with director husband Nick Cassavetes, who has twice been nominated for the Academy award for best actress but each time failed to take home the prize.

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