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Spike Lee mince words, and to a roundtable Sunday, filmmaker was blunt in his gaze on the Presidents, disasters and the slowness of the country to address the fundamental problems.
Lee was in Austin for a screening at the University of Texas, portions of his documentary Gulf of Mexico, "If God is willing and da Creek will Rise," wherein he revisits post-Katrina extension of 2006 New Orleans "when the levees Broke: a requiem in four acts."His latest film shows how the BP oil spill was affecting recovery efforts.
Sat about 650 people, filmmaker 53 years defending accusations that former President George w. Bush is racist, called the President Barack Obama low and prompt public statements challenge that "75% of the spilled oil has evaporated."
"Oil is still here", he said."Don't believe Obama and its scientists."
More generally, Lee comments followed a major theme of the documentary: that even if New Orleans rebuilds after Hurricane Katrina, nation did not really address the complex issues revealed by the hurricane and spillage of BP.
Lee documentary ran this summer on HBO.Avant event Sunday, which has been dubbed "An afternoon with Spike Lee", some members of the audience said they came to see how his provocative style reflected in the documentary format.
"I know that Spike is very well how the perspective that is not always shown in the media," said Marlah Neal, 40.
The portion of the documentary shown Sunday focused in detail on the response of Government spill and features of officials as well as residents devastated.Lee showed defense Environmental Protection agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Obama, administration as well as the frustrations of Louisiana commercial fisherman Dean Blanchard, who at one point, said bemusedly, "I never thought the British kill us."
After the screening, Lee spoke briefly to a round table of students and professors.He began with comments discrete but expanding the idea that errors in the era of Hurricane Katrina will be felt for some time, criticized Bush, which is to promote a new memoir, "Decision Points."
"Regardless of what our former President book may try to write the revisionist history, people are more (live) by five days, it took"to the Federal Government mount a response to Hurricane Katrina, said Lee, who has not indicated whether he had read the book.""
"It is not a good gars.Il is so simple, said Lee.""And I do not think that Kanye must safeguard, either.
Lee was referring to Kanye West, a rapper who said: "George Bush does care of blacks," fundraising televised in the wake of his book tour Katrina.lors, Bush said the accusation of racism is the weakness of his presidency because it was attacking the wisdom of its decisions, but also its basic morality.
After his comments on Bush, Lee has developed one of the main themes of "If God is willing" - the response of the administration of the Obama is low, as evidenced by its partnership with BP to flee Cap decision and gives a major role in the recovery of pension General Russell Honore, a resident of Louisiana.
"BP ran this thing," Lee said. "I think they dictate Obama and American United States how it would go...Eleven people are larger mortes.La disaster ecological jamais.Pourquoi all the This deference to PB??
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