Spike Lee the first black president of Cannes Film Festival jury

PARIS — Spike Lee will lead the jury of this 12 months’s Cannes Film Festival, and competition organizers hope the provocative American director will “shake issues up” at the gathering of the world’s cinema elite. Lee mentioned he was “honored to be the first particular person of the African diaspora” chosen for the prestigious place. […]

Source: Spike Lee the first black president of Cannes Film Festival jury – Gruntstuff