Spike Lee endorses Bernie Sanders

Spike Lee is feeling the Bern:

Sanders hopes Lee can help him win black voters:

And he’s cut an ad for Sanders in South Carolina:

Partial transcript via ABC News:

Waaaaake up! Wake up, South Carolina! Lee begins in the new spot first obtained by ABC News from the Bernie Sanders campaign. This is your dude, Spike Lee. And you know that I know that you know that the system is rigged! And for too long weve given our votes to corporate puppets. Sold the okie doke. Ninety-nine percent of Americans were hurt by the Great Recession of 2008, and many are still recovering.

Thats why I am officially endorsing my brother, Bernie Sanders. Bernie takes no money from corporations. Nada. Which means hes not on the tape, and when Bernie gets into the White House, he will do the right thing!

Here’s the audio:

“Wake up, South Carolina!”

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‘Disgusted’: Marion Barry rants about HBO biopic, Spike Lee & more

http://twitter.com/#!/marionbarryjr/status/462226169006682114

Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is best known nationally for having been arrested for smoking crack long before anyone had ever heard of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Barry has nonetheless remained a towering figure in D.C. city politics for decades. Now a city councilman, Barry took to social media to express his displeasure with HBO’s planned movie about his life.

In his rant he calls out HBO, director Spike Lee, “12 Years a Slave” producer John Ridley, D.C. crime novelist George Pelecanos who has also written episodes of “The Wire” for HBO, and NBC4 reporter Tom Sherwood. Barry had met with Ridley about the HBO project but decided not to support it. The Washington City Paper reports:

Barry says he turned against the HBO project after having dinner with John Ridley, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave who was attached to the project with Spike Lee as the director. Barry says he was unhappy with how Ridley planned to portray his arrest at the Vista Hotel for smoking crack.

Ridley and Pelecanos are attached to the project as writers and Sherwood is a consultant. Barry reportedly plans to sell the movie rights to his autobiography for another biopic.

http://twitter.com/#!/marionbarryjr/status/462227114381824000 http://twitter.com/#!/marionbarryjr/status/462228124974206976 http://twitter.com/#!/marionbarryjr/status/462229378974646272 http://twitter.com/#!/marionbarryjr/status/462230770397245440 http://twitter.com/#!/marionbarryjr/status/462249278434721793 http://twitter.com/#!/marionbarryjr/status/462310600719478784 http://twitter.com/#!/marionbarryjr/status/462331382522740736

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