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10 Questions for Spike Lee

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There are some very well educated critics in cinema, people who can write who understand cinema. Unfortunately, those people are the minority. So there are reviews that I do read. No one I want to name right now.

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Are there any up-and-coming American filmmakers you admire? Cathy Collins, LOUISVILLE, KY.

There's this new film coming out called Black Dynamite, which is a spoof of the black-exploitation films. It's by a young African American, Scott Sanders. Everybody should look out for this film. It's hilarious. It'll come out in the fall.

Do you think the Knicks are going to win a championship anytime soon? Kathleen Jill, BROOKLYN, N.Y.

If we get LeBron [James] after next season, we're definitely going to get a ring. Within two or three years, the Knicks are going to be world champions.

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