UNITED STATES · 2016

2 Fists Up

Spike Lee
New Black Cinema racial injustice athlete activism college sports institutional racism student protest
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When University of Missouri football players threatened to boycott their game with Brigham Young University last November unless president Tim Wolfe resigned, they made news far beyond the sports pages and Columbia, Missouri. But that was only one chapter in a tale that began long before that - a tale that director Spike Lee unspools in this Lil' Joints documentary for ESPN Films. Yes, the athlete

Year2016
CountryUnited States
DirectorSpike Lee
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